Charmed by Tile

When I left the house this morning, Our contractor, two tile installers and a stone countertop templater (not a word, but you get the drift) were all there working hard. While we won't see the effects of countertop guy's work for 2 weeks, the tile progress is showing strong. They laid out our floor tile on Friday, and told us that with mosaic they let it sit for a few days prior to gluing it into place to let the backing stretch out.

It's glued in now though, and looks amazing. Grout will come later - we selected a light grey color that will complement the floor marble and show up great against the white ceramic subway wall tiles.

The floor tile is so satisfying - so beautiful and clean. I can't wait to see the grout between the tiles, making the floor one solid piece rather than the hundreds of small pieces it is now. 

Needless to say, it looks great with our newly installed bath vanity. I can only imagine how much more it will all come together with a nice marble slab on top.

And that's not all! They made some good headway on our wall tile around the shower as well. The two rectangles you see are alcoves for keeping soap, shampoo, etc. They will be tiled in with the wall, all out of ceramic subway tiles like the ones you see.

So, we're thrilled with the progress. In the meantime we're in the process of moving out of the main floor of the house, getting ready for our hardwood floors to be refinished on Monday. I scheduled piano movers to get our piano to the garage, and we've begun adding more piles to our already growing storage space/guest rooms.

Here are some candid shots of our house in the midst of construction. We've changed our guest rooms into storage for kitchen things as well as things we could do without on our main floor - rugs, curtains, decorative accents, etc. The long and short of it is . . . we're a mess. And with hardwoods coming up next week, it's only getting worse. 

So here it is. This is our third bedroom, stuffed full of storage as well as boxes of tile near the doorway.

And our middle bedroom, also a guest room. Or, it used to be. Can you find the bed in this picture? This is also where Nino, our kitten, stays during the day to make sure he stays out of the way of workers as they come and go. 

And, this is where we've been eating lately. We have our fridge, trash and table full of cereal hanging out in the dining room. Is it surprising to you at all that we've been eating out a lot? And see the shop vac box sitting out? It's just waiting to be packed full of stuff so we can move it all out for hardwood refinishing on Monday.