Shane Life

Alli and I (with the wonderful help of Dave Talcott) have taken on the project of tiling our kitchen this week. On Tuesday night, I pulled up all the carpet and vinyl and started laying out backerboard. I soon figured out that it is a pain to cut and gave up until last night.

Dave and I finished laying the backerboard last night. I got a scoring tool at Home Depot that made the work of cutting the pieces of backerboard TONS easier. Alli helped by screwing in the boards once we had them set where we wanted them.

It’s been a lot of work so far and my back is screaming at me, but hopefully, by this weekend, it will all be over. The plan is for me to start tiling tonight if I feel comfortable, but we have to figure out the layout first. Hopefully, Brett is going to come help a bit tonight after he finishes parking cars at the Chiefs game. Once our layout is done, it’s tile-laying time! We are still trying to figure out what to do with our fridge. We want to tile under it, but we can’t figure out what to do with it until then. I would rather not take it down any stairs, but I don’t really want to put it outside either (but that may be our only option).

2 nights in a row after work, I’ve been working on the kitchen until at least midnight. I’m hoping to work again tonight and tomorrow and then we have reinforcements coming in on Saturday. if we can knock it all out Saturday, I’ll be thrilled. I’m really happy with how it looks. It’s a nice multi-colored tile and I think it is going to make a huge difference to our kitchen. We are both really excited.

Pictures soon.