I definitely agree!

 

 

Heres a little bit of the tile we did in my buddies house... looks great but a major pain in the ass.

thought maybe youd wana see your same tile, except with a darker grout

 

Nice! Is that a darker grout? Looks about the same as ours (pre-sealant) or maybe even lighter?

I dunno... it seems lighter in photos than it seems in real life...




Minor updates...
- Range is in. Has a bad door, awaiting replacement door.
- Cable/Internet/VOIP installed... Comcast scratched the F*!K out of the wood floor in a spot. Testing at home reveals semigloss poly will cover sufficiently.
- Interior doors are delivered. Need to paint 'em, trim 2 frames down and install them all. Contractor is coming in the morning to install the pocket door.
- Wireless is confirmed to be working, tho it'll be off unless we have guests requiring it. Have to test wired connections through router -> hub -> patch panel -> wall jacks and ID all jacks
- IKEA says I didn't pay for the cabinet doors for hallway cabinet, so I have to find receipt (at condo) and possibly reorder doors
- Waiting for delivery of additional arms for LCD display mounts, a/v gear, etc.
- Delivery scheduled for furniture!!! Couch, 2 chairs for living room, dining room table - need to find end table or two, coffee table, living room lighting, ottoman, rugs.
- Countertops tentatively scheduled for Tuesday the 30th...
- Dom is working on a countertop support leg for me (woot woot!)
- Ordered dining room chairs, bar stools today
- Lots of other minutiae

That's the latest.

 

Now that I look at the picture, yea, your right, it almost looks lighter. Its midnight black grout, which is the darkest you can get....

 

don't know if you've already gone this route, but depending on when you paid, IKEA has a way of looking your receipt up in their system if they know what credit card you used ... might save you a little trouble if it works.

good luck w/the rest of the condo, it looks great

 

just a little quickie update, tho there's more to post later...














there's a seam in that photo!

They did a good job on the seam - it's hard to see, but you can find it. The first time they did it I tried and tried to find it, but couldn't... Then in attempting to level it, the seam popped and they had to reglue it, so it's now "very good, but not as good as it could be"

still waiting for the custom support leg, too... hence the 2x4

And a few other around-the-house pics:

[I]dual monitor mount on my galant desk[/img]


hung 7 doors... well, 6 + a pocket door


and the bedroom door...

Still have to get those doors for the hallway cabinet ordered! Still TONS to do, really... But that's that for now. Plumber can't come until next week

 

that 2x4 is PIMP!!!

 

glad i could do a "tiny" part of a very cool project!

 

you like that 2x4? It had 27 nails in it and can be seen in this photo, with an arrow pointing at it, in its original 1962 installation: