I woke up last night to the sounds of a thunderstorm. I was pretty sure the plastic sheeting I'd taped up would fall and so would some of the tiles. But when I checked this morning, even though the plastic had fallen for the most part, I only lost about 5 tiles! This is great - maybe the plastic stayed up long enough to protect the wall somewhat. Who knows? I'm very happy that my work wasn't ruined.
There is rain in the forecast for tonight, so I'm leaving the walls alone today. Tomorrow I'm planning to grout the first section. This morning though, I was itching to do something, so I broke tiles for about 3 hours. Breaking tiles is fun. All you need is a hammer, a glove, and a bucket. It is very stress-relieving (not that I had a lot of stress this morning - my tiles stayed up! Yippeee!) Anyway, I would venture to say I have enough tiles to finish the project at this point. I have tons of tile, and it is nearly all broken and ready to be applied to the walls. (See pictures.)
A big thank you goes out to mom - who found a tile store that gave her lots of samples! And another thank you to both mom and dad who lugged them here in the backseat of their little car! It was worth it - I broke those tiles today and there are some great colors.
It's funny how when people come over they comment on the scale of the job. They say, "That is going to take a lot of tile!" or "Wow, this is huge. How are you going to get it all done?" On the contrary, I look at the walls and think that there isn't enough room, and that when I'm done, I'll surely want to do more. Time will tell. At the end of the project, if I do indeed want to do more, I'm thinking about doing some mosaic projects at schools. This is a very kid-friendly project. It might be great for middle school kids.
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