Ready to tile: I admit I did a lot of work to ge the walls ready to go. He was slapping tiles up within 10 min of walking in the door.

Stuck on with thin-set, it took maybe 3.5 hours to do the job. This is prior to grouting.

The finished tile, with grouting! Whoo Hoooo!

Watch this space for more junk on our kitchen rebuild. I’ll get around to writing it up real soon, now, and include lots of photos with witticisms. Maybe I should just do photos with witticisms, but I’m a writer, dammit, and do get to hide funny things in my stories :>]