Mewzings: Progress on Tile

Wow, it's hard to believe it's been a week since I posted an update. I haven't really had much to talk about - this has been a very slow week work-wise. They worked a little bit at the house on Monday - did the second coat of paint in some places, but that's all that happened until today. We did meet on Tuesday with John to finalize the front door order, and he said he'd be walking through on Wednesday with Painter Jim to discuss some things, but we never got a report on that meeting. The carpenter who is doing all of our non-painting work seems to be very busy on other jobs, so we are having to share him with others.

You may remember my pics from last week of the new ceiling fixture in the entry hall - well, Hubs decided it is crooked (and you can probably tell in the photos I posted). There is a globe within a globe and they are not centered. Hubs is requesting that it either be fixed or removed. It turns out that fixture really got horrible reviews on the Lowe's website. Of course, we didn't read those before we bought it! If we take it back, I doubt that we'll get another one like it - we will pick something else.

The next item installed was the new ceiling fixture in the hall. Here are the "before" pics:

Here is a photo of the new fixture:

The big change as of today is that the carpenter is working on the tile for the bathroom. Here is a "before" photo of the very ugly linoleum which may very well date back to when the house was built in 1973:

The tile is going in over the linoleum, but the old stuff had to be sanded down first so that the thin-set will stick to it. Here is the work in progress: