New House: Tile (volume 1)

Our Labor Day was anything but a break! The Monday off work gave us some extra time to get the tile laid throughout the house. Luckily, Grant's dad, Greg, came down for the long weekend to help us. Also, Josh Ropski, a friend from work already owned a tile saw that we could borrow, so that saved us mega rental bucks! We started in the master bathroom (first and second picture) on Friday. Once we got a system figured out, we did the other bathroom and the entryway on Saturday and took the night off to watch Husker football - of course! On Sunday, we finished the Dining Room area (the last three pictures), and Monday gave us just enough time to complete the rest of the kitchen. Those diagonal cuts took quite a bit of time, but it turned out great and looks awesome! We still have the mud room to finish, but it's completely square, so it should move pretty quickly. We still have to grout all the areas as well. I now fully understand why tile sub-contractors charge so much for labor. Granted, we're probably not quite as efficient, but geez this stuff takes forever! More to come...