Very Talented Son-in-Law!

There were so many things going on during Christmas! Here is another big project that happened at our house.

Since Elizabeth and Dave were coming, Dave offered to help do any projects around the house. The first thing that everyone thought of--the front entry hall! The entry hall has needed to be replaced since we moved in. It was a long time in coming. We are so pleased with the outcome!

The entry hall needed to be done in stages, so that there would be a spot to walk through to the other hallway . So we took 2 days to lay the tile. Dave set up shop outside the front door on the porch. A friend of the family was coming to bring us Christmas treats, driving past several times. He finally stopped and he said, "I thought this was your house, but I didn't recognize this guy out front!"

You can see in this photo why it was on the top of the project list! We have had this ugly, yellow tile with grout that couldn't be cleaned, for way too long. The old tile was so low from the floors that were merging, that Dave opted to simply place the new tile on top. Made things quite a bit easier.

The pattern is starting to take shape! Hunter was very skittish about walking on the new tile. He would only walk on the old tile until the entire floor was put down.

Placing the spacers between the tiles for the mud to dry. Martha loved working on this project as she is very good at puzzles.

Cleaning up!

Almost done~

The finished job! Doesn't it look great! We have really enjoyed the newness. Last week, we painted the entry hall a new color and the baseboards are almost dry to attach to the wall.

We had so much fun with the entry hall, that we decided to do the main bathroom and the master bath floor! Actually, the main bath had some problems with the floorboards and needed to be fixed. That was very ugly. . . No pictures of that.

This is the tile pattern.

Below is the main bathroom.

Then the master bathroom.

Thanks Dave for a job well done!