Kitchen Tile

So it turns out updating a blog regularly isn't my strong suit...and we can go right ahead and add staying motivated to work on the house on all my days off to that list, too.

But, I haven't done absolutely nothing in the last month. My kitchen floor is tiled, and two weeks later it was grouted. Here's a photo journal of the process:

Before

Mi padre marking our working lines.

Laying out the tile along the working lines for good measure.


Mortar

More Mortar.

Laying the first quadrant.

Tiling ourselves out of a corner.

First quadrant complete.

Over to the stair-landing/back entry.





Almost done.

Mixed grout (the color is Mocha, it dries a lot lighter...you'll see)

Applying the grout.

Ground Zero getting finished off.

Applying the grout wasn't bad, cleaning was tedious, but not awful.

Laptop set-up to watch a movie while I scrubbed grout off into the evening.
After.

I'm happy with the finished project, a few minor imperfections to prove it was hand-crafted, but it certainly puts everything in the room on top of it to shame.

I'll leave you with a couple before and afterz: