The Bathroom, Continued

Work continues right along on Stuart's bathroom renovation, shown at left. Tonight Stuart and I tiled the back wall of the shower enclosure. We used 6 x 6 white porcelain tiles. The job, overall, was not difficult, but it was messy, until we got the hang of the thin set. By night's end, we were feeling pretty good about the skills we acquired this evening. Neither of us had ever touched a tile or trowel before this evening.

We've decided the internet, while a source of much good information, has a lot of conflicting information for do-it-yourselfers. If you use the internet for home improvement, be sure to read more than one site. And, if in doubt, seek out help of people who have experience in the work you are interesting in pursuing.

Note the rain showerhead in place in the bathroom already. Stuart scored that fixture at the Great Outdoors for a really Great Price. He is so proud of it.

I am proud of his persistence in this project. When he tore into the bathroom, he has admitted he had no idea how much work it would take to restore it. But he is deriving a great deal of satisfaction from the endeavor. For my part, I thought it way cool to be standing side by side in the bathtub with my grown son affixing tiles to the shower enclosure in his new home. The easy exchange between us, once we settled into the job, and the cooperation between us - well, that's the stuff of dreams.