Monday, January 11, 2010

Just looked at my last post. Things seem very different now. Clay seems a long time ago.   The two weeks up to New Year’s weekend were taken up with tiling  and more tiling. With the exception of some outdoor work, all tiling is now finished. The master bedroom shower was a big job, but I’m very happy with how it turned out.   These pictures are pre-grout.  In anticipation of an open house we had planned we got all the floor tiles grouted. This coming week, I hope to have Sebastian grout the two bathrooms while I continue to get the (local white oak) wood floor down.    The bedroom is actually laid:   but for various reasons I now need to "rack" the rest -- this means laying all the pieces as they will be on the floor -- cut to size etc-- and attaching them only after that's all done.   Of course,  I must resist temptation to study each piece.... though there are a few standout patterns that have earned special placement: 

The timing of the party turned out to be excellent in that I was ready to tackle laying the wood floor, and doing so required a complete clean up and clear out of the space. It was a huge job – both getting the upstairs cleared and also getting all the moved tools and materials accommodated in the overflowing basement workshop.  It also provided motivation to create a working bathroom:  

'Nother thing is that having the tile grouted meant that the wood could get stacked in its place,  as you can see here.   We both enjoyed our little open house a great deal.  Here are some pics from that starting with a host sampling the fare: