Before Blogging Throwback Thursdays #2 - Floor Me

This month flew by.  I can't believe it's the third Thursday of April already.  Last month's party was terrific and I hope everyone's ready to party again.  With all the running around for Easter, it was nice to be able to snap a couple of photos of something without working on a tutorial.  Today I'm sharing my foyer floor.

When we first moved into this home, there was the original red-grey-green, slate-look, vinyl tile floors from the 60's.  This was long before I started blogging, so forgive the lack of a before pic.  I knew I wanted to replace the flooring with real tile, but having just bought a house, our money tree was bare.  I was walking through Home Depot one day and found a couple of boxes of "Cherry Blossom" marble tiles clearanced for $1.99/ft.  I snagged them.

There wouldn't be enough to do the entire foyer and closet, but there was enough to make an "area rug" out of the tiles.  Since I had zero interest in trying to cut the marble, I decided it'd be best to go with that rug look.  So I was on the lookout for field tiles that would go with the marble.  I looked for a couple of weeks when I came across these fantastic 8" listellos also at Home Depot.  They were the perfect colors to frame the marble.  Even better they were clearanced to 48 cents apiece.  They had the exact amount I needed + one, so I bought them all.

Still on the lookout for a matching field tile, I found these very basic 8x8 marble-like swirly ceramic tiles at Lowes.  They were basic, cheap, and there were enough to tile the foyer closet plus the foyer border.  Plus being ceramic, I was confident that I could make my cuts with the basic score and snap cutter and tile bit on my rotozip.  It took the better part of a week, but I ripped up the yucky floors and laid down the new without too much trouble.  I think CG was rather impressed and I've done all the floors and tile in this home since.

So let's party!  Remember to follow the party rules - they're pretty basic.

1.  This is a Before Blogging party.  So link up any thing you made, bought, designed, etc. before blogging.  If you scored a sidechair from the curb, painted a room, made a craft, or DIYed a solution sometime before blogging it qualifies.  Snap a pic and join in.

2.  Grab my button from my sidebar and add it to your post.

3.  Go visit a couple of other party guests.  It's a great way to meet other bloggers.

That's it.  Party On.  This linky will be open for a week so invite your friends.
I'm linking this up to Fireflies and Jellybeans' Show off Your Stuff Party, Remodelaholic's Remodelaholics Anonymous Party, and DIY Showoff's Project Parade.