Garden Floor Learning Curve

Garden Floor Learning Curve:

Here's a tip I hope will be helpful to other beginners:

Wood glue contains enough water to make beadboard warp. Sigh. Better to use rubber cement.

For the decorative tiled backsplash that runs around the kitchen I used tiles cut from a sheet from starboc1's ebay store. I scored between the tiles and then used an embossing tool on the back of each one to give it some dimension. The finished effect looked great.

Unfortunately, over time the tiles have faded terribly and will need to be replaced. So if you use these, be sure to spray with fixative or sealer before installing.

Other lessons learned on the garden floor: When installing floor sheets that will need to be pieced, start from the back so that overlapping edges face the back wall. This makes them much less visible.

So the plan is to build so that each floor can be lifted off to allow for repairs and future remodeling. After glueing and screwing the ceiling on to the garden floor I realized that I should have left the ceiling separate for easier access. Ho hum.