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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Cleaning The Crazy Tiles

January 21, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Yea another night of scrubbing dirty painted mastic covered tiles… Now that theres a critical mass of clean tiles (ok, ten) you can really start to see the variety. I […]

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Cleaning More Tile!

January 20, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

One clean 100 yr old “Old Bridge” tile with crazy cool easter egg & dart-esque design, and key for scale. These will be used on the walls near the base: […]

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Before & After: Back To The Tile

January 18, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Now that the paneling is installed and painted, it’s time to complete the tiling in the areas where the wood and tile meet. We’re installing a row of the blue […]

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48 Hours Later…

January 25, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Walking on our new floor! Time to pick out some grout.

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