"The One With...The Weekend Project"

This weekend we decided to take on one of the many projects on the "to-do list" around the house - tiling the entryway from our garage into the house. Whoever thought carpet would be a good thing in front of the most heavily walked-on part of the floor is an idiot. So last Sunday the project began at the Home Depot to pick out tile and supplies. Much to my surprise, the hubby agreed on the color of tile that I liked the most. And so the project began...

Throughout the week, Shane worked on the entryway little by little and by Sunday morning, it was ready for the grout. We both were on hands & knees pressing the sandy, gritty mixture in and after an hour I felt like I was a tile-grouting expert. We were both really impressed at how nice it turned out and I was even more impressed by Shane's tile-laying skills. He now thinks he is going to tile both bathroom floors as well....we will see how soon he conquers that!

Here is a before and after pic of our "project":

After we were all through with our project, we looked around at the carpet in the family room and decided it was in desperate need of being replaced sooner rather than later. The constant in & out through the garage door by us & the dogs as well as a certain someone never taking off his shoes when he comes inside :) is what prompted all of this. So this afternoon, we headed back to Home Depot to pick out new carpet for our family room. We ended up picking out a dark taupe-colored Frieze carpet and it should be installed in a few weeks. Slowly but surely, the "to-do" list is becoming smaller!