A Big Craft Project

A really big craft project. Really Big.



I have never attached a single tile to any surface in my entire life. Never. It seemed wise to follow the advice of laying out the tiles in a dry run before starting to mortar it into place. I knew the room was slightly askew, ( actually it seems to be askew and un-askew depending upon where you start from ), and attempted a dry run working from a corner of the room and running parallel to the long wall. Nyet.

After lunch a little online search and reading was in order. My building contractor takes a lot of naps these days and I like to let him rest.

Everyone said, find the center of the room. Mark it with a chalk line and lay out your tile working from the center of the room. Shift the center as needed. My that worked out just lovely. It fits and there is no need to cut any tile until I reach the kitchen and bath dividing wall.

So I have a dry layout that works and will follow the advice and lay the tile working from the center in quadrants.



But now it is time to step outside for a break. The kniphofia is blooming.



And the daisies are in their prime. It's a really big craft project, really big. Cleansing breaks are good.



Because samples number 3 and 4 of the 1 x 1 decorative glass tile arrived. Sample number 1 was immediately rejected. It was pink.



So there they are. The top left tile is the original choice tile that has vanished from the world wide web. Bottom left is sample number 2. Center is sample number 3 and the right side is sample number 4.

I may have a headache. The new samples are a complete departure from the original meme. Glass tiles of that quality with the white and solid color were available in a plain blue or green theme, but none pulled the floor tile's color in with the color combos. That led to the new more clear glass choices. All the other elements in the bathroom must be taken into consideration too when looking at page after page of these things online. There must be flow.



Sample number 2 works with the floor tile. The clear glass will work with the glass vanity top and glass block.



Sample number 3's clear glass is cool simplicity that completely echoes the glass block and glass vanity top.



Sample number 4 has yellow. That is a new element that does not flow with the floor tile. It has no flow.



In garden design the main flow I think about is how do people move through the space. How big do the plants get when fitting them together. I think very little about matching colors. Mother nature seems to have a very natural flow as long as I keep the physical space in mind.



Sometimes a regimented order is called for to clearly delineate a purpose.

I really may have to come up with a craft project to make use of all these samples. Perhaps Uncle Ernie could use a new bauble, a small craft project, really small.



The roadside vegetable garden is an ongoing craft project. It was the subject of much seed flinging today in the remaining meadow end.



There can always be more flowers, more diversity with a little help. The object is more. No consideration what so ever is given to color or bloom time. It's the whatever nature allows sort of attitude that makes it seem like a very small craft project. It's just in a big space.