Day 22: Stone and Tile with grout

The month of March has been so beautiful -- that's helped keep us smiling as we continue living in two rooms upstairs (though Ray has SO had it; he's been feeling a little claustrophobic in here, where we work, eat, feed the dogs, etc.).

Yesterday the tile men returned. John and Tony finished the fine cuts on the stone, and then John did the grout. I had actually kind of forgotten what colour the travertine was; when it's in the box, dry (not sealed), it looks much whiter than it actually is. Here it is after it was grouted and washed yesterday:

A pretty good look at the colour with the grout.

A closer look, but a little off in colour.

This one's better; I love how the grout fills the natural pits

in the stone but doesn't eliminate them.

Here's the front entry. The tile is porcelain, but it's slate-coloured. Zane would have liked me to get something really light in colour, but I love this (the tile I spotted on the showroom floor at the tile place):

Lovely narrow grout lines.

Thursday Zane and Mike will be here to do final touchups, Derek will come to finish the electrical work, and Tony will return to seal the stone. And then -- dare I say it? -- we'll be done.

Oh, except for paying for it, of course . . . .