More Progress: Laundry Room

And we're back to the laundry room!  After finishing the final coats of paint on the walls and ceiling, and installing the light fixtures, it was time to move onto the flooring.  The end is almost in sight!

We went with our secret weapon once again:

Armstrong Alterna vinyl tiles are the best thing since unsliced bread.  All you need to work with them is a utility knife.  The look of ceramic without the wet saw?  For us, it was a no-brainer.

After an hour of cutting tiles and laying them out, this is what the room is starting to look like:

(It doesn't actually take that long to do, but Craig was cutting the tiles while watching the hockey game and The Office.)

We love how realistic this stuff looks. Did I mention it can be grouted?  We really like the dark colour, so we'll be using the coordinating grout (Shale).  Yes, the colour should look familiar since it's the same as what we used in both of the renovated bathrooms (Mesa Stone - Charcoal).  Love love love.

We're installing this tile directly on the concrete, so it's a bit cooler on the feetsies than we'd like.  But it's a lot warmer than slate or ceramic tiles would be.  Plus, the jute runners should hopefully help to keep any bare feet warm.

Each tile is 16 x 16, but the "runway" area is a bit wider than two tiles.  We decided to keep the whole pieces on the side you can see (i.e. the left-hand side) and tuck the narrow pieces under the cabinetry where it is easier to camouflage:

 

 

Any leftover tiles will be used in the front foyer (yep, we can't get enough of this stuff), but I don't think we'll have too many remnants.  Anything that can't be used elsewhere will be brought to the Eco Centre.

I promise to have a picture of the finished flooring (hopefully with baseboards!) by Monday.  But now it's time for bed!

{ We weren't paid to use this product.  In fact, we paid quite a bit for this stuff.  But we think it was worth every penny. }