Tile & Grout

I finished the side table last night.



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the waiting game

in the weeks proceeding the birth, i had more time than expected. in fact, i needed projects to help distract me, some a little ridiculous.
such as, a sock for our central vac:

a revived coffee table in progress. repainted, tiled with matte ceramic mosaic and some mirror tiles, now ready for grout and a glaze:

and some bike spats ready to sew:

i managed to update my stock inventory and tallied 60 wool pants, 15 "swallow" skirts, 10 shawls, 30 sloves, and a dozen doll kits, most of which was executed during the two weeks of waiting.

It was a little less hot today...the perfect day for strawberry picking and the perfect break from grouting. last night, i grouted until 11pm and learned all about tiling spounges, rubber grout floats, and grout bags. i'm pretty relieved to see the rows of shiny tiles after all that work. during it, my mind alternated between deliberating over a new trades career and being tempted to leave an assignment for Brett to write "i will never again start a tiling job" 100 times.

Now i'm going to hull strawberries in the garden to celebrate being that much closer to a finished washroom.

i learned how to tile today! it was wholely dedicated to the bathroom but i have a box of tiles under the stairs and an inset table top that i've been wanting to mosaic for awhile. add it to the project list.