Exceedingly Mundane

I’ve lived in this house for 12 1/2 years. For over 12 of those years, I have wanted to get rid of the white floors that the builder put in here, and I have always disliked immensely. My patience is finally being rewarded, as we have purchased some ceramic tile from Home Depot and Tim started last night on “the great tile project of Fall 2005”

He is going to start in the guest bathroom and use that room as a test run (aka, guinea pig room). He started last night when he got in from work – he removed the toilet (it’s front and center in the garage though, in case anyone stops by and needs to use the guest bathroom!), the baseboard moldings, and starting removing the vinyl that was in there.

Click to see some before and after pictures, and to read more about the beginning of the project:

Here’s what the bathroom looked like before he started:

And getting up the top layer of the vinyl flooring:

And after the top layer is removed, but we still have all that bottom layer and adhesive still to go, which is going to take a lot longer, I think:

Not bad for one evening after work, although all the hard work is still left to go. But, considering we watched 2 TV shows (E-Ring and Criminal Minds, since Lost and Invasion were both reruns, why on earth are we having reruns already???), I think he got a lot done in one evening.

Let’s hope things go smoothly and maybe by the end of this weekend, we’ll have one room done! The tough part will be left after that. I’m really looking forward to having tile in the kitchen, but I am not looking forward to moving the appliances, and being out of my kitchen for the duration of the project. I like to cook and eat here, and eating take-out for days on end is not going to sit well with me! I just have to keep my eye on the goal though, and remember how great it’s going to look when it’s done, and not concentrate on what an inconvenience it’s going to be while he’s working on it. Right?! 🙂