It helps if you have a good helper.

Unfortunately, our crooked walls won again. We had intended to only trim around the tub. Since there was a noticeable gap from the tile to trim we added a cap piece.

Same as before, measure, mark, cut trim, glue and nail down. It was relatively painless. A little country white paint and this place is looking pretty spiffy.

So here’s the big reveal:

Before:

After:

You remember how I said the room was done right? Well, that may have been a teensy lie fib. We’re not replacing the bathtub fixture just yet. If you haven’t checked the listings lately, they run $200-300. We’ll put that on our wish list and hopefully get it added in the coming months. I can deal with it for now.

Check out the rest of the project here:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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We headed to Home Depot in search of smaller tiles that matched our flooring. Originally we wanted to cut the larger floor tiles and do a diamond pattern. After thinking about renting a wet saw in January we decided small tiles would be perfect. We ended up choosing a hexagon shaped tile. It’s not exactly what I wanted but it matches the other tiles and we didn’t have to custom order. Did I mention that we walked out of Home Depot with a $31 bill? It was a moment people. We even did a high-five. Without further ado, here’s how it all went down.

Gather your supplies. I used premixed thin set, hexagon tiles and a tile chipper.

Pick your tiling outfit carefully. You know, this will be on the internet! I carefully chose red flannel PJs that were accented with Scottie dogs. The heart socks were just the right touch. Now, strategically take a picture of yourself, keeping your makeup-less face hidden.

Matt insisted I include this picture. As we all know, I’m addicted to Diet Mountain Dew (DMD for those in the know). Home improvement projects call for a lot of DMD, a lot. 

I measured and precut all of the tiles ahead of time. It was tedious but much easier when I went to install. No stopping to cut more tiles.

This is what the back of the tiles looked like. It was super easy to cut and install. All of those little tabs holding all of the pieces together made spacing a snap!

This is how it went, put on the thin set, lay down tile, repeat. It’s really easy ladies. If you can frost a cake you can lay tile!

Here’s where we’re at. All of the tile is in place. We’re waiting for it to dry and then adding grout, trim and paint (for the trim). Stay tuned for the final recap!