Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Weekend's work + Day 4 = TILE IN!!

We gave up.

Remember we were trying to use leftover tile?

Well.  6 man hours later we had half of two boxes worth of tile finished.  Here was the process:

Let the tiles soak in hot water for 1 hr +
Scrape.  Scrape.  And Scrape.
Remove grout on edges and glue on back.
After 3 hours of us BOTH scrapping, this is all the tile we had done.
At this instance, Tom was saying 'I bet these are only $1 a sq. ft.  Would cost $50 for the whole bathroom!'
I wish we could have used the tile we saved.  I think we could have, had we started the scrapping process a week ago or so.

We ended up buying the tile at $1.29 a square foot.  The funny thing was though, after holding those old tiles in my hands for hours - then picking up a brand new tile - the difference was incredible!  The new one was MUCH thinner, felt much more fragile. 

They just don't make things like they used to.

The design I came up with.
The pencil tile is new.
Justin was here yesterday for Day 4.  He did a lot of mudding and wall-work.  ALSO INSTALLED SOME TILE!  WOOT WOOT!



At least I am saving something from a landfill.

This is the mirror that my friend was getting rid of.
Going to paint it and use different colors for the ridges.
AND - in the mean time, our family of four is also adjusting :)

Pictures were requested! :)  I love these toes!!

He is adjusting rather well.  That pacifier sure does the trick!

Our FIRST time out as a family of 4.
LITERALLY - the first time all four of us went out together!
 
We don't get out much because we are too busy catching up on sleep!

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