Tile and Halloween

We are making progress on the bathroom. Three weeks left until Thanksgiving. Andy finished the trim on the walls and all the tile is laid. But we figured out yesterday that we put the hole for the tub drain in the wrong place. We tried really, really hard not to do that but we were foiled in the end. So now Andy has to chip up that tile and replace it, and make a hole in another one. This has put us back a day or so. But worse things could have happened. I am happy with how the tile looks. We took the leftover pieces and made coasters out of them. Once the tile is done, the baseboards are next, and then the tub! The tub is the most exciting part for me.

Tonight is the neighborhood chili cook-off. I am making white bean chicken chili and cornbread. Should be fun. I have never used the chili recipe before, so I have my fingers crossed. We'll see.

Then tomorrow is Halloween. We usually get close to 300 trick-or-treaters, so I went out and bought a bunch of candy today. Then after the candy is gone, we will head down to the pub crawl at 5 Points.

Now for the photos...

Here's Andy working on the trim. We may add a chair rail to this, or we may not, depending on how things end up when the sink, mirror, and wall-mounted accessories are in place.

Andy working to put down the layer of thinset that goes under the backerboard:

Me screwing down the backerboard on top of the wet thinset. Note the Waycross tie-die being put to good use.

Andy laying the first tile on top of the backerboard. He only smiles like that when he's annoyed because I'm taking pictures. Notice the manic tinge to it. :)



Making progress...

Inside part is done... starting on the border.

Tile is done, including the border:

Here I am, pretending that the tub is installed and I'm soaking in it...

More to come when we get the fixtures in.