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Looks great! Although I loved that beautiful ocean blue she had on the walls before.

I did a similar project where I tiled a celling, while i love the celling and get compliments on it all the time, the labor is extraordinary and I would not do it again...

awesome, i have been waiting to find info on installing these.

this may be a stupid question but in the giveaway post someone mentioned putting these on their fireplace- so it got me to wondering if they are fireplace safe? they are paper (100% bamboo pulp) so i wouldnt think it would work.... we just closed on a home and it has a dated stone fireplace (the stone work isn't the best- they used a TON of mortor instead of fitting in more stone) - i would love cover it with drywll and tile over it, but these would look cool as well... would these work?

another question... how dentable are these? if you lean against a wall of these are they going to dent? how sturdy do they feel?

erinpearce --

I don't think this is what anyone should use this on a fireplace surround -

If you want this appearance around a fireplace, you should so with Heath Tiles Oval Dimensional

http://www.heathceramics.com/go/heath/tile/collections/dimensional-collection/

Forgive me, but is this the proper way to install these types of tiles? The way they're adhering them to the wall, if they ever choose to change them out, they're going to have to re-drywall.

Sorry, but it doesn't look to be the best thought-out installation method for these tiles. It's definitely not how we can install ours!

Ya! it looks like 'Heath'.

I have got to figure this one out.
Might it me right for me, and my temperament?

Looks great, but I don't know about the entire installation process...

Randomly enough, I had seen the Heath tiles in a wine store a while ago and had been wondering what they were. Thanks for the link, befsf!

Inhabit says that the tiles have peel and stick tabs to stick to the wall. When I read that, I thought this would be easy. Why use thin set?

also just wondering why you didn't paint the wall first. seems like if the tiles are white you would want to lay down a quick coat of white to make sure no blue was showing through?

they do look great though, if i didn't rent...

"Inhabit says that the tiles have peel and stick tabs to stick to the wall. When I read that, I thought this would be easy. Why use thin set?"

Peel & stick is for temporary installation - such as for renters.

Thinset is for permanent installation - and if it's permanent, one would paint over the entire installation afterwards.

yeah thats kinda what i figured bepsf.

though i dont know the pricing on the heath tile i still doubt i can afford them with all the projects we got going on, so i think it will be plain old tile for my fire place. perhaps i can use these somewhere else!

The result is very cool, but for the expense and installation time, many other options such as funky tile, 3Form, and ModulaArts panels would be a better investment.

They do look cool. I checked out the Inhabit website to look at some of the other patterns and I like Chrysalis.

I did get annoyed, however, at the eco-friendly selling point. I really dislike when products are described to be "eco-friendly" when they should just be touted as "less environmentally harmful than [fill in the blank]." Inhabit calls the tiles "good for the environment" because they are made from 100% bamboo pulp (renewable and biodegradable and chemical free). I can't help but look at the product and wonder how they bleached the tiles white (bamboo isn't white) -- bleach is bad for the environment; the pulping and bleaching process uses a lot of water and dumps a bunch of waste chemical into the environment. Also "renewable" is an interesting term -- where does the bamboo come from? Bamboo farms? Were forests clear-cut to make room for such farms? This product is touted as biodegradable, but how biodegradable is it with paint and thinset on its surface? I think the real eco-friendly policy is less materialism and consumerism and taking some pause before buying.