Tiling

We thought we could do all the tiling in one weekend, but being complete novices it quickly became obvious it wouldn't happen. Mixing the adhesive was a challenge because the consistency is something that one learns from experience. As much as people tell you "it's like peanut butter" or "it's pasty, and doesn't fall off the trowel" or whatever, it's the actual using of the adhesive that gives you that feel. So the first batch was too liquid and the tiles slowly slid down the walls (some tape took care of that) and the second batch was too dry and kept crumbling as we slathered it on. But the end result was success, as you shall see:

Here's Ben, tiling the floor. The tiles continue over the step, which looks really nice. We got lucky with these tiles. We had decided on some cheap (but nice, simple) tiles from Home Depot for the whole job, but the day we went up we stopped at our local East Village tile store. These were left overs from another job, so we snapped them up for a steal. They're super cute.

Megan, tiling the floor (kneepads essential!)

Megan, gouging out the adhesive that smooshed into the cracks. Here you can see the tape we used to keep them from sliding down the wall.

This is where the woodburning stove will eventually go. The tiles are left-overs from Margaret's big house up the hill.

Ben, posing with the tile. These tiles are home depot. Ben had mirror and glass cutting stuff from an art project, so he cut a bunch of mirror the same size as the tiles and we interspersed them amongst the Home Depot ones. It's a great effect- you can see bits and pieces of yourself as well as the walls outside the shower, which will be painted a pretty color.

Megan, posing with the tiles.

Grouting is next...