400 hr later

Wow! what an enormous project. I don’t know where to begin. Am I to understand that you individually cut those mosaics from that raw stone? Goodness gracious. It’s wonderful. I like the palisading design of the stones and the interesting flanking wood choice. Really nice.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Very nicely done…a lot of time well spent if you ask me…

-- Newbie, aka Wood_Jedi, http://www.asimpledesignofocala.com

Yes, first i cut the stone in stipes with a diamond saw,then i hit with a special mosaic hammer every stone individually by hand. I needed about 150 pound of chopped stones.

-- If anybody find spelling mistakes, can keep them!

Hi pastahill
Welcome to LJ’s
I feel the same as Al you did a great job
Occie

-- OC down in Costa Rica. come down and see me some time. I'll keep the light on for you too-oc@hotmail.com mail.com

The stonework and woodwork is beautiful, but that first picture has my old brain getting warped out of
shape trying to get the right viewing angle, or did you create a brain teaser on purpose, after spending
all that time making a masterpiece. Thank you for sharing.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

oh, sorry. The corridor is a L-shape and i put 2 pictures to 1, because i used it previously for a printout and i was to lazy to separat them.

-- If anybody find spelling mistakes, can keep them!

Dude! this is nuts! Great looking floor. You must love the work!

-- I think of Jack Nicholson as the Joker in Batman when he says "Where does he get those wonderful toys" and ask WHERE DO U GUYS GET ALL THAT WONDERFUL WOOD?

Wow! I stiil can’t get over you cut all that stone by hand. The floor looks great.

-- Dan I.G.N.

WOW! you are as crazy as I am. lol Excellent Craftsmanship!

-- Dennis Zongker

Now that a labor of love! Looks great .

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

The result is definately worth every minute you put in it!

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

I would pay very well for a floor like that. It’s absolutely stunning! I have never before seen a wood/stone floor and this sets the bar at maximum field elevation.

-- Patrick, Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission.

Beautiful.
Just shows what you can do when time and money are no object

-- I may not have a lot of good ideas, but some of them are just incredible.

Amazing!
Did you apply anything on the mosaic besides grout (protection wise)? How practical it is? Is the grout getting dirty?

A great looking job you did. I did’nt notice the shinny mosaic pieces arraigned in the patern until I came back and had a second look. Are you going to do another tile mosaic? You could get the kids involved next time they love doing these sort of things.

-- Darrell, making more sawdust than I know what to do with