We have ceramic tile throughout the entire house (except for the bedrooms). It looks great and is easy to clean but it has not been baby friendly. The tile does cool the house a bit during the long hot summers here but the winters are murder on the feet! Since you live up north you may want to look into installing heating coils under the floor so that you don't freeze your feet off during the winter! And seal the grout! Gracie (yorkie) peed on the grout line and it soaked it up! I ended up having to use a bleach pen on the grout line and then seal it to prevent further accidents!!!
If you install the tile yourself, WEAR KNEE PADS!!! My dad had to have knee surgery after installing ceramic tile in his kitchen last year because he injured his knee from not wearing them!
Also, if you lay the tile out, kinda like a rough draft on the floor, and you find that you will not have to make alot of cuts then you may want to look into bringing the tiles to be cut at your local hardware store instead of renting the equipment. Sometimes it is cheaper to have them cut then it is to rent the equipment!
Good luck to you!!!! |