When we renovated our kitchen a few years ago, we had 1920s subway tile we saved from a bathroom we renovated in a former home. My wife was bound and determined to use the tile in our next renovation, which turned out to be the kitchen in our 1986 home. OK, I thought, although I was skeptical about the whole idea. Turns out that the amount of tile we had did not cover the entire two walls on which we wanted tile. That was a huge dilemma!! My wife scoured tile stores and the Internet looking for comparable tile, but when you are dealing with 1920s subway tile, there is nothing like it out there unless you help a former neighbor renovate their bathroom!!
So, she came up with a fantastic idea that stemmed from a previous kitchen renovation 3 homes ago. Do you think there is a theme here-we like to renovate! For that past kitchen renovation, we sought out reclaimed lumber for the floors which we purchased through Mountain Lumber in Virginia.
I even think at that point, our contractor was having second thoughts! However, she pressed on and we ordered the same product-Granary Oak. She was convinced that since our home in tudor style and already had the timbers on the outside of the house and warm, hardwood floors throughout, we could pull this off. And, alas, we did! I could not be happier with the end result and we continue to get complements about our kitchen almost 4 years later.
Oh, and before I forget, she is not so keen on wall cabinets in the kitchen, so she asked for a large shelf to be made out of the Granary Oak to complete the theme-wow!
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