This is a picture of today's work. The backsplash tile is in place.
Willie and Glen worked all day measuring and cutting the tile pieces to fit around 5 electrical outlets (determined by Baltimore County Code).
Ron determined that the decorative strip of tile ( 3 inch x 13 inch) had to be placed on the wall using the rule of thirds (an art thing...), which meant that the bottom 6 inch tile had to be cut smaller. Then the decorative strip had to be cut to fit around the electrical outlets, a whole 6 inch tile fit above it; but the top tile also had to be cut. So there was a lot of measuring and cutting to fit our small space of about 28 square feet.
The contractor boss, Tony, gave us homemade gifts today! I was so surprised. How darling was that? You can see another reason why we have really liked him. The bird house is for Bluebirds, with a rotating side to clean it out when it gets gross. I had wanted a new one to put in another place in our yard!! (We actually had a pair of Bluebirds in the one by Ron's orchard last year.) AND the little wooden bowl Tony carved out of a piece of wood! Very nice - plus he gave us some cinnamon apple potpourri to put into it.
