eternal damnation

St. Wolfgang I am not, but the temptation to turn away and leave this mess behind are all to frequent in the months of Janu-feb.

Tile setting continues... we're at about 50% i think. at this rate we'll have a shower by mid march.

The harsh light of morn falls on another weekends short-comings.








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everything takes twice as long.

36 wall tiles= 1/2 days work
Experience is teaching me that it's smarter to start with THE most critical/ difficult part of the job first.... because you'll get it wrong at least once, and there's alot less to take off when you admit defeat. Which is how we have begun tiling in reverse.

The indignity of ending up with a cut tile near the door head had us so paranoid that we began at the top right corner and we're working our way down. We also bought a minimum of these bullnose pieces for the doorway so we really can't screw up. They draw you in with the price of $4 a square foot and then sucker punch you with the trim pieces at $1 a piece.

The foolishness of this decision will only be fully realized at the next step when we abandon the handy setting block (below) and rely on gussets of painters tape to keep the tiles from naturally sliding down the wall as we work.





collective opinion is that the floor is lookin' Pimp-shit.

Bathroom floor'd

Not since college has a Saturday spent kneeling on the bathroom floor given so much satisfaction. This round has us laying down the finished floor in a room that finally resembles it's future life - the bathroom. The wood we've found is rift sawn white oak planks out of Vermont. It's beautiful stuff to work with and i think i finally understand what THIS GUY is talking about..







Big thanks to Neal for all of the help once again.