tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post7996064957452083253..comments2023-06-03T22:57:03.764+10:00Comments on Palais de Steff: Tiling Moments...Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021504621181130629noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-76884598386992566262010-05-18T16:16:58.293+10:002010-05-18T16:16:58.293+10:00Dear Boxer
Thankyou for your comments i do apprec...Dear <b>Boxer</b><br /><br />Thankyou for your comments i do appreciate the feedback. <br /><br />I have to admit that I did have a feeling of elation when the floor was complete and the last piece was finally grouted.<br />I do miss the house, but hey, life moves on...<br />I'm just happy that the young couple that bought it will enjoy it as much as I did...Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11021504621181130629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-84814126575097197692010-05-18T13:02:30.983+10:002010-05-18T13:02:30.983+10:00I was gone over the weekend and missed this amazin...I was gone over the weekend and missed this amazing post! What a huge amount of work and talent. I KNOW how hard this AND how satisfying, too when it was complete? Did you just feel wonderful and proud of your hard labor? Thank you for saying how long it took because that was my big question. I'd love to do a floor and this is very inspirational. I'm sorry you no longer live in the house, however. :-(<br /><br />Beautiful work. You are a true artist.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280822962202098606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-8676972987492140402010-05-16T02:51:01.985+10:002010-05-16T02:51:01.985+10:00Dear MJ
I was hyperventilating but didn't wa...Dear <b> MJ</b><br /><br />I was hyperventilating but didn't want to spoil a girls fun...Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11021504621181130629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-22830556911812846332010-05-16T02:43:38.962+10:002010-05-16T02:43:38.962+10:00I'm about to hyperventilate from Mitzi threate...I'm about to hyperventilate from Mitzi threatening to smash the Clarice Cliff!The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-53351478374070890912010-05-15T21:28:25.149+10:002010-05-15T21:28:25.149+10:00Dear Xl
Thankyou. I loved my 9 years in Townsvill...Dear <b>Xl</b><br /><br />Thankyou. I loved my 9 years in Townsville. Possibly something to do with the hot tropical climate and hard bodied servicemen scantily clad when not in uniform... Ah the memories...<br /><br />Dear <b>CP</b><br /><br />Thankyou for confirmation of my momentary insanity... but I have to say that it was well worth all the effort... the champagne was flowing for days after it's completion...<br /><br />Dear <b>Mago</b><br /><br />The whole project was physically very demanding, but as you say, extremely rewarding. <br /><br />Dear <b>Mitzi</b><br /><br />Patience to the point of having the chinese character tattooed on my left titty...<br /><br />Go for it... there is nothing more soothing than smashing some old bits of crockery and turning them into a masterpiece of modern art!<br /><br />Dear <b>Eros</b><br /><br />The circle in the centre of the room was inspired by the American Indian Medicine Wheel.... using coloured tiles to mark out the directions and compass points<br />But altered to suit the southern hemisphere... And subtituting Ausie animals on some of the tiles... Probably very culturally innapropriate but it worked for me...<br /><br />Dear <b>Hayward</b><br /><br />There is something about working with your hands...creating something beautiful from the small spark of an idea...I find it very therapeutic at the same time...<br /><br />Dear <b>IDV</b><br /><br />I know exactly what you mean... they were like a creeping disease over here too and there are many that remain as legacies to the eyesores in pebbled concrete that they are...horridly so...Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11021504621181130629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-36813223707162047352010-05-15T19:39:01.806+10:002010-05-15T19:39:01.806+10:00Oh, Princess, it's just lovely! Normally, I&#...Oh, Princess, it's just lovely! Normally, I'm not a fan of crazy paving - but that's here in Britland where payshos were rife with smashed up concrete back in the 70s and 80s (and some still linger today).Inexplicable DeVicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-8722833741575262992010-05-15T12:01:52.467+10:002010-05-15T12:01:52.467+10:00Wow! I LOVE the floor!!
I'm fairly handy mys...Wow! I LOVE the floor!!<br /><br />I'm fairly handy myself but I have to say I've not had the courage to try tiling. It looks fab.<br /><br />You have a keen eye Princess.haywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383719131505590051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-9966646129349675702010-05-15T09:06:37.868+10:002010-05-15T09:06:37.868+10:00That is spectacular and sensational tile work! Fa...That is spectacular and sensational tile work! Fantastic floors indeed!<br /><br />I luv how you made two circles in the middle to create an exciting focal point in the mesmerizing patchwork of tiles. Good call on mixing in the tiny precious color tiles to add sparkle to the lovely floor. That couple did get a great deal, and that floor was probably the best wedding gift they ever got!<br /><br />Good for you for bringing your artistic vision to light and making your dream floor come to life! Wonderful!eroswingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678990077292314028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-74307398249838111832010-05-15T07:40:58.569+10:002010-05-15T07:40:58.569+10:00You must have the patience of a saint. It does loo...You must have the patience of a saint. It does look attractive though.<br /><br />I feel inspired to smash up a few Clarice Cliff plates gather up the fragments and mosaic the bit-bin.Mitzi https://www.blogger.com/profile/01416789788174823493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-40281340495351940822010-05-15T06:35:25.231+10:002010-05-15T06:35:25.231+10:00Dear Princess,
what an exhausting task - but worth...Dear Princess,<br />what an exhausting task - but worth every minute. I doubt that I could do this - not for the actual work or for the puzzle-aspect of it (au contraire!) - but I simply have "two left hands", I do not believe that the tiles would stay where I want them to be. Even by nature harmless or inoffensive objects awake under my hands and show their ugly side. It's the Hulot in me ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-35376928518790284662010-05-15T04:55:00.919+10:002010-05-15T04:55:00.919+10:00Spectacular for sure but you are mad Princess darl...Spectacular for sure but you are mad Princess darling.<br /><br />That's what we have maintenance in tiny pants for.CyberPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162744785244322710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459059251716959307.post-1528403516138767142010-05-15T04:21:21.991+10:002010-05-15T04:21:21.991+10:00"'And it is Spectacular!'"
Yes...."'And it is Spectacular!'"<br /><br />Yes. Yes it is. Wonderful work you did there.<br /><br /><br />PS: I visited Townsville in my first trip to Oz in September 1971.LẌhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337382169476392640noreply@blogger.com