Still Working on the Fireplace

Well, Cass and I took a break from working on the fireplace room for a while, but I also forgot to blog about it. We got the Fireplace installed as you saw from my last post from November last year. Right after installing it, I had my Dad (Eaton) come over to help tile around the fireplace. We found this tile edge that you can use as a transition between carpet and tile since we wanted to have a foot wide hearth. So, I had to get hack saw to cut that stuff and boy was it scary cutting out that chunk of carpet. That was another "no turning back" moment!

Dad, my master tile installer, pretty much handled the tile installation while I helped when he needed a hand and he showed me how it works. I think it'd be cool to tile the Kitchen someday! Who knows? The tiling job seemed to go well, no major trouble. The biggest obstacle we faced was finding a way to hold up the tiles that were put in right above the fireplace itself. We didn't have any tiles below to support it, so we taped them to the wall and let them dry. It worked out good. Thankfully, it doesn't take too long for the mortar to dry, so we were able to continue. Cass and I picked out a special decorative tile to dress up the row of tile directly above the fireplace. Once we get the mantle up, it should look real nice. the hard part has actually been DOING the mantle. We haven't even started making it yet. I just recently got all the tools I think I'll need to do it, so we should be starting that soon. I'll try to blog about that a little sooner than it took me to get around to this, though!

Here's a few more pics from the day we installed the tile. I also put in a light fixture and Cass started priming the walls.








I'll post another entry soon showing everything we've done up to date on the room.