The tile is all down!

Kyle finished the last little tile around the stairs and up to the front door today.  He came in for dinner, and went back out.  You can see the tile saw out on the front porch (to all neighbors who had to listen to the tile saw until 10pm last night, I'm so sorry, it's over now!). Tonight he's grouting.  

A few nights ago we determined that we had plenty of tile, so we went ahead and tiled the tub/vanity part of our bathroom.  Since there isn't a door from our room into it, I decided it would look better to have the same floor.

More of the same.

Last night Kyle got one more bucket of thin set worth of tile down.  The least dusty stretch of tile is the new stuff.  

We also sanded the railing, and he put another coat of paint on.

Kyle also found some scrap wood and put some trim around the bookcase where it goes against the wall.  Now he has to primer and paint it too (the bookcase still needs another coat of paint anyway).  He also needs to primer and paint a small stretch of handrail downstairs since it got missed the first time around.  We're getting close to being done with the handrail.

More paint and tile.

Last night I took all the kids to J and A's soccer games (it was freezing) while Kyle worked on the house and went to the youth activity at church.  Before his activity, he worked on painting the railing a bit.  He got home around 8 and did another section of tile.  You can kind of see the three different shades of dusty, the least dusty section that goes to the corner is what he did last night.

He also finished the first coat of paint on the railing.  It looks really good (which is a relief since the primer was not going on well).

Living Room Tile

Yesterday we didn't get as much done as we were hoping to, because we spent the morning picking up the bees and getting them installed in the hive.

We did get more of the railing primed- Kyle started that on Friday, it's taking forever.

Kyle got a good chunk of tile down in the living room.  He actually got a little more done before we called it a night, but we didn't take another picture.

Bookshelf

My dad has been building a bookshelf for my cookbooks (and whatever else we decide to put here- right now I'm thinking it's a great place for baskets for each kid to keep his homework in).  He brought it over today and he and Kyle installed it.  After it gets painted (white like the railing will be), he'll add two adjustable shelves.

It's great having such a talented dad.  :)

More Master Bath Tile, and Bedroom Tile started

This morning Kyle finished up the tile around the tub (the front/side has to wait until the cabinet is in).  There will be a ledge that hangs over the window sill, so that's why the trim piece doesn't continue under the window.

Then he started on our bedroom.  This is the tile that will go through our kitchen and great room too.

Master Bathroom Work

We got the solid surface/cultured marble bid for the window sills and the shower, but for them to do the shower, we had to dig out the gypcrete that wasn't supposed to be inside the shower.  Kyle siad it came up pretty easily.  

Last night (until past midnight), Kyle worked on tile in the master bathroom.  We used the same tile as in the hall bath, but Kyle wanted to add a border around it to make it look a little fancier.  He dry fit everything before laying it, and it really turned out nicely.

He also got started on the tub surround.  

I really like the chair rail type tile.

Hall Bathroom Tile

Tonight's project was the hall bathroom (it also connects to E's room (which will later be our office/guest room)).  It was Kyle's first time using this type of tile, and it went together really well.