Demo & Day 1 of installation

Wednesday was demo day...unfortunately no fun stuff like taking a sledgehammer to drywall, just a putty knife, hickory hammer and a pry bar. We took off the Corian back splash that was installed with the counter tops and cleaned up the walls basically to prep for the tile. Here are some before and demo shots (see I told you it wasn't exciting...it was too clean, which I know is a good thing)::



And after a couple hours work by Marily and I, here's all our tile sealed & enhanced (the colors really have come out with the enhancer):



Thursday was day 1 of the installation. We completed almost the bottom row by the stove area...just a warm up to build our confidence! Damn, it looks good if I must say so myself! Friday is a "no work" day since its Brian's wife's birthday (Happy birthday Elaine!)...so we'll be back at it bright and early Saturday morning...better brew some good coffee so there are no accidents with the wet saw ;-)