While David's away...

...Jessica will tile! This morning, Jessica managed to finish the 'whole' tiles for the bathroom floor; now all that remains are the tiles that need to be cut, and then we can grout.

The main floor, entering the bathroom.

To the left in the nook.

The shower.

Ooh, our sinks and faucets arrived today, too! You'll just have to wait to see what they look like.... :-)

Slight progress

This past Saturday, David had to go in to work, so Jessica was the only one home to work on the bathroom. Because of that, there was only slight progress made; nevertheless, here it is! We were 1 square foot short for the shower floor, so that required a Lowe's trip Saturday evening. Oh well!

David finished the lower tiles Friday night, and early Saturday morning we lugged the vanities back upstairs before he headed to work.

Jessica finished the border around the shower.

Most of the shower floor has been laid.

David came home and snapped a pic of Jessica starting on the bathroom floor.

The floor progress Jessica made before all the mortar ran out. Time to buy a new bag!

Shower Walls

Due to the lack of posts on our blog, we didn't include pictures of David painting the bathroom, or the two of us installing the backerboard for the tile. But here are some great pictures of our "Arizona Sunset" painted bathroom! We love it.

Last weekend consisted of tiling the shower walls. We've never laid tile before (just like we've never done any of these projects before!), so this was a new adventure for us. After a short scare of thinking we'd miscalculated the number of tiles we had to work with, we got to work. Things went well overall; there was a slight learning curve with figuring out just when the mortar gets a little too dry and it's time to add more water. After about 5 tiles fell, we figured it out. :-) Below are pictures of our progress! We are quite proud of it.

The blank canvas, ready for tile!

Our flagship tile has been placed!

Jessica hard at work.

David adding more mortar for Jessica.

Jessica and baby girl Russell adding the cut edge pieces.

Look at all those cut pieces bordering the right side of the wall.

Starting a new wall!

Wow, all that's left are details such as the border and a few more cut tiles!