Most of my free time the last couple of weeks has been spent working on this tiling project. It was quite the learning experience. We bought the large tiles and the Habit for Humanity reuse store. But there were not enough of them to do the entire floor. So that is how the tile rug idea came about. The small colored tiles in the center are slate that we cut into strips from a 6×6 grid. The dark tiles were ones that I cut with wet saw from 13″ tiles. That part was very time consuming. The total number of tiles in the center came to 567! Laying them in thinset was also very tricky because there were three different thickness that all had to be somewhat level on the surface. Lets just say I am happy that this project is over with. It was fun to do the creative work but spending that much time on your knees can be painstaking.
So after all the work was over I took the day off and played some disc golf and watched Little Miss Sunshine. It was funny and inspiring. I have not laughed that much in a movie since The Gods must be Crazy!