Backsplash

The tile-men continue to lay and grout tile. We had hoped they would be finished today, but looks like they will have to come back tomorrow to finish up. One of the tile-men crafted a simple design for me just above the space for the slide in stove, very nice. We chose a six inch tumbled tile for the kitchen which is laid in an off set pattern.

Steve had to put off the flooring-men one more day since the tile-men are behind. They will arrive tomorrow to start their prep work and start laying the wood flooring in the afternoon.

Floor tile

Over the weekend, and all day today the floor tile men were busy at the house setting tile in place. They will grout the floor tile tomorrow. Today they completed grouting the showers.

I noticed one of the men using a rock to form a very small piece of floor tile needed in the kitchen while four other tile men where up stairs working on bathroom floors. We chose an 18 inch floor tile by Shaw named Sierra.

Trim & Tile

Steve has done a beautiful job with the crown molding throughout the house. He completed all the crown molding work today. He hired Frank to help him complete the window trim work today. Their wood working talent added the perfect detail to every room of the house.

The bathroom shower tile started going up yesterday. The tile men are just as talented as Steve and Frank. We really didn't tell them what to do, they just seem to know how showers should look using the tile we selected. We were not certain how high, or low the tile chair rail should be installed. Before we arrived they had installed all of the accent pieces of chair rail. When we saw the finished product we agreed it was just the perfect height. The tile is a 13 inch floor tile and matches the floor tile, which is a larger 18 inch tile.

They completed setting the master bath shower, the second bath tub tile and started on the downstairs small shower before they left today. Tomorrow they will add the shelves in the showers then start grouting them. Great progess today.

Granite and Tile

We left for Dallas early yesterday to select the granite pieces we need for the counter tops. We had a list of several wholesale companies we were directed to visit. We visited four different warehouses before locating the exact peacock-green granite we had in mind. These warehouses were all with in a few blocks of each other making travel easy for us. It was a long 12 hour trip, but worth the effort.

We were up early this morning to meet with the Kiser Carpet and Tile salesman. He was very patient and helpful directing us with all our needs. It feels good to have all this behind us.