The tile phase started with this process.
Brian hand cut all of these slate and granite tiles, which are seen here awaiting their tile destinies
This is the monster saw that was used ...
... and that accidently fell on Brian as he was trying to move it, taking a chunk of skin for itself!
Micah cleaning and prepping the tiles!
And then Daddy placed the tiles and spacers
Here's the whole team, with John trimming irregular tiles when necessary
The Spanish Tile house numbers, appropriately "spaced out"
Ultimately, it was then time for the dreadded scaffolding
Not the most fun for those of us afraid of heights ...
After all the tiles were attached, Micah helped clean off stray pieces of adhesive
We sealed the slate well and then applied grout, using a homemade "pastry bag" made out of a bag from
Little's shoe store
Even though it looks kind of cool, we did ultimately wipe off the excess grout
After just another round of sealing and cleaning it up, voila!
Close-up to check out the detail around the house numbers
It was so engrossing that I even used some of the excess to tile the mailbox! (There's a fine line between creative and pathological ...)
