We got skilz!

Kimbelry & I have been working on tiling the bathroom the past week. Here is an up to date picture of the tile and walls (they are done in a stucco fashion). We still have the floor, shower stall and grout to do but hopefully it will be finished by next weekend. We ended up being a little short on tile and have to order about 15 more 12" tiles. Why are we short you ask? Well a combination of 2 things, 1) the tile is a tumbled slate and anyone who has seen slate up close or taken a geology class knows that is very foliated (it has lots of layers). This gives it a great flat surface for tiles, chalkboards & billiard tables; but also tends to split and crack along these lines. The was aggravated by us having to move and restack the tile 3 times before using it in order to make room for the renovations. Also 2) we decided on a diamond/diagonal pattern across the floor. This uses lots of whole tiles in the center but the edges have lots of pieces cut into triangles. Of course the bathroom walls and corners aren't square so this led to cutting lots of tile and not being able to use the the scrap pieces in other places. So beware! If you are doing a floor pattern like this you may want to order a few extra square feet to make up for cuts & be careful with the natural slate it tends to break easily!!