Laying tile is fun work for me and I enjoy it, although I would not want to do it for a living. In our house we decided to get a little fancy, which means the tile saw is getting a real workout - as is my tape measure. In some areas there are up to seven cut tiles for every whole one. Yesterday I did the main tiling down the center of the hallway and the bulk of the area in the dining room. The key here was to get the lines and diamond pattern to be perfectly straight.

In the next few days I'll be carefully measuring and cutting each edge tile and then carefulluy gluing them into place. I'm looking forward to the challenge!

-grampa dan