TILE TIPS, Tiling Floors Just Tile setting... no grout

This is a small project for some tiling at an address. The grouting was to be done by the customer. The project took about 3 days to set the tiles.
Tips:
- When setting tiles use tile spacers to keep spaces consistent
- For Floors Start your tiling off by using a chalk line. Measure slightly smaller (1/8" inch) then a full tile size ***remember to add the size of the grout lines (tile spaces), and snap line. Do it for both the width and the length. This will help with adjusting for walls that aren't straight. Then tile the rest of the tiles based off the chalk line to give you straight rows relative to the room.
If you dont like that way you can do it by segmenting the room in to sections, make like a checker board pattern. Then start from the middle. This really only works with symmetrical areas.
- Cutting Circles 2 words ANGLE GRINDER, its pretty self explanatory can't really explain it much more then that.

Best tip:
-Get that accomplished feeling the first day. AVOID DOING THE PARTIAL TILES. Try not to get hung up on doing the tiles on the ends or tiles that need some kind of cutting. That will slow you way down and just make the whole thing tiring and more boring for you.

- KNEE PADS use them save your knees you'll thank me when you don't use them and cant get up the next day.

Check out the pictures it was about 300+sqft of tiling these are 16 x 16 tiles, big and heavy, thick too.

Bedroom Tiling

Bathroom Tiling

 Laundry Room

 Foyer Entrance: didn't do the before after just the after

Till next time, hope the tips help you. Take care thats all for now.

Basement Renovation some Tips and IDEAS

Just a few pictures of the process of taking this unfinished basement to a complete one.
Always love looking at the process and seeing the transformation. ENJOY.

Coming down the stairs to the main area. You can't see it but all the corners are rounded. The walls are hand painted for that two tone effect.

Coming down the stairs, look right its the spare room. In front the bathroom.

Bathroom (left to right): Shower is on the left, sink in the middle, and toiler on the right. Did a two tone tiling, and laid tiles at a 90º angle. 

The back wall of the main sitting area, tried an accent wall. Turned out alright. 

***Creative idea: Made a storage area underneath the landing area added LED lights to illuminate everything under there. Sliding doors cover it all.***

The Grand piece of it all. What do you think?
***TIP: Hid the game consoles behind the super slim TV, out of sight out of mind :)***

Some of the pre-work can yo spot what these areas are? 

The unfinished work on top, the final product on the bottom. 

 The main sitting area before finishing and below the final product. What a difference.