Our latest project.

 

Friday night we prepped the floor for tile, picked up the tile saw, and visited Home Depot to get the last necessary tools for the project. We felt like we had accomplished a lot and the following day would be a success. Somehow in all of that, before we went to bed we decided we could mix a little of the mortar to lay a tile or two to see how easy it was. (I think we were talking about it would be much easier to experiment with this while the kids were asleep----shortly after starting they were both awake) Neither of us have done tile work on our own but both of us had watched others do it and helped a little in the process. Well we put some water in a bucket----WAY TOO MUCH water actually. I began pouring the mortar while Luke diligently mixed it. After dumping the first batch in the consistancy was like pancake batter--not good. We continued adding and mixing until we had nearly 5 gallons of mortar and Luke had mortar up to his elbows. Thankfully we are both easy going people and laughed it off knowing that since it was already 10:30 we had a LONG night ahead of us. Here are some pictures of the first night. We finished the night(MORNING) with 8--- 24 inch tiles down at 2:15. Luckily the next day a friend came over and helped Luke for awhile while I resumed my motherly duties. Luke worked hard ALL day long and we finally finished about 11 on Saturday night. What a man I married!!! Lastnight he grouted it while I mopped up behind him. Tonight the refrigerator and oven were moved out of the living room. How exciting!!