tiling the laundry room floor

continued!!!

the tile is layed and ready to be grouted. we chose a black grout to give it a modern look.

before grout

mixing the grout

applying grout

after application

the tile still needs a good cleaning. after it cures in three days, we can seal it. until then, its still vulnerable. since we have to be able to get back to our laundry room (which for now is also serving as our living room!), and with all of our critters running around, we are keeping it protected with throw rugs and blankets.

today, off to "build it naturally" to order flooring replacement boards for the front of the house!

and maybe some paint!

laying the tile

meanwhile, nick is laying the tile in the former laundry room.

(which will soon just be referred to as the back part of the kitchen)

laying tile

standing in the kitchen looking back.
there will soon be a glass door where these two windows are.

someday, this door will go away and the refridgerator will go there.

tile. habitat restore find. $1.00 per square foot.

laundry room day 2

getting ready for the tile!
we decided to use tile in the laundry room. we came across a great deal at the habitat restore and found several cases of tile. or we may use some tile leftover from other homes we have rehabbed. which ever we decide to use, we know we need a sturdy sub floor! nick spent a long time painstakingly leveling a previously very un-level floor. he then put down a layer of heavy duty sub floor. the floor already has never felt so sturdy. go nick! now, for the tile backer board.

(sorry for the not so stellar picture, i took it this morning after we had dragged the refrigerator into the room friday night and then back out again today).
you may remember that when we replaced the roof on the house we also raised the roof in this room to be as tall as the rest of the house. with the room empty, we  decided now would also be a good idea to go ahead and rip out that low ceiling. here are some pictures of the roof lines, before and after:

before

after

and this is the laundry room as it was, in all its glory!