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tiling tiling tiling and more tiling

It’s been a long road but I am DONE laying tile in the bathroom.  I still have  a bit of grout to do but it’s looking good!

These are the tools of my trade:
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The tile cutter, special cable winch, some plastic over the drain, and a bunch of partial tiles ready to be used or re-cut.

This is my favorite spatula:
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and a bucket full of thinset

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These are Vector’s favorite part. I call it plastic kibble but they are really tile spacers. Vector LOVES pulling them off the wall and throwing them around.

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You’ll notice something else in that picture, shower ledges. We purchased the ledges from www.shower-shelf.com and installed them with some construction adhesive and silicone caulk. Then I just tiled right around them.

Here you can see the tiling-around-them in process:

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And, after much ado, the tiling is complete!

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I must say, I am sick of subway tile. I am definitely going to take a significant break before I do the kitchen backsplash! I had planned on getting the tiling done more than 2 weeks ago but I kept putting it off. I’m glad I finally just sat down and finished it. It certainly helped to do it while Stefan was around to mix the thin-set. That’s definitely the worst part.

And a final celebratory picture, Stefan putting in the shower nozle so that the final piece of tile can be installed.

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and voila! complete:

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I hope you’re ready for some more bathroom updates.  They’ll be coming later this week!

Sarah

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  1. 9/24/2013 | 10:36 pm Permalink

    Sarah I loooooove your bathroom! That tile is so cute!!!