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Fare Residence

As of this writing this is one of my favorites and I will try to explain why with each photograph. 

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	This shows the three distinctly different counters of the kitchen.  On the right is the sink, in the middle background is the large counter with circular inserts and to the left is the small cabinet.  The house was custom built by the previous owner and nothing is standard.  The Cabinets are custom and extremely NI$$$$E.
	To create the design behind the sink I threw 9 thick(1/2 inch) plates (11 inches in wide) with various finger grove designs.  I then used the same 4.5 inch guide that I cut the field tiles out with to cut each plate into 4 pieces. The tiles were mixed and applied creating an interesting design that complements the other counter as well a game for visitors.
	Take a sheet of paper and draw a grid 9 squares wide and 4 high. Now assign the upper left tile the letter A and find the other three marking them on the paper with an A. The next tile over is B. Cool way to entertain kids while trying to cook dinner.
	The counter tops are made of Black Quartz with slight reddish specks. The recessed sink makes clean up a breeze.  I had to create s trim tile (look at above picture enlarged) to make the transition between the backsplash and the counter.  Many new things came out of this project.
	This counter has 3 Circular Inserts. They go from left to right as 2,3 and 4 circles.  The inserts were created by placing wheel thrown circles on to a bed of freshly cut tiles and cutting around the perimeter of the circles removing the tiles below and inserting the circles into the bed.  This allowed me to freely work these into any field of tiles.
	As you can see the circles flow seamlessly within the square field tiles.  This would have been impossible to do with a saw but is rather simple with wet clay.  As my English Ladies would say....Brilliant!
	As if this project was not enough fun already, Donna decided to do an recessed spice spot.  This required an "L" trim tile on both the outside and inside frame as well as having to miter cut the 45's........not my favorite pastime, but grout covers my shortfalls good.
	NICE!  You would never know that the backsplash was the least expensive part of this kitchen, unless I told you.  Donna said its the first thing her company comments on.
	This is the small little cabinet to the left in the first picture. I chose to change the wall tiles from 4 to 6 inches and turn them on diamond to make things harder on me.  I also trimmed out the sides with the new transition trim.  I asked to tile this counter top with black tiles instead of her using the quartz to make it special.
By using three raw clay lace tiles with black in the design I was able to create a focal point and draw the viewer in.  The black rope tile at the base of the wall matches the rope design on the crown of the cabinets (I will ask her to shoot a picture for reference). I then had to beg her to let me use a charcoal grout which tied it all together and made this counter a gem instead of looking like an afterthought.

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