Restoring Vintage Grout

**Please click on individual photos to see a larger image.  The improvements in the grout are more easily seen when the photos are enlarged.** This is a vintage installation dated to the 1920’s and contains the original grout.  Almost a century later, we knew it was going to be impossible to bring back the grout…

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Vintage kitchen transformation

Cleaned grout

Do you think I can bring this kitchen back to its former classic self? The homeowner wanted to retain this kitchen’s vintage style. The exact size of the existing box trim on the counter edge was no longer available so I had to remove all 22 trim tiles. Also, most of the quarter rounds surrounding…

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Pratt and Larsen craft tile

Pratt and Larsen fireplace

A husband and wife team of artists , Pratt and Larsen began creating hand made craft tiles over 30 years ago to fill a void in the American market for vintage and artistic tiles.  Their company manufactures tiles entirely in the United States.  This company has grown to 130 employees in downtown north east Portland, Oregon…

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