New Bathroom Tile

 So the mold and peeling paint in our tub finally got to be too much - plus the pipes were leaking again - so we called in Aunt Pat's plumber, Ron, to replace the whole thing. He put in a nice white tub and taught me how to do the tilework.

Here is the tile setting up with spacers still in between, and a close up of the running border detail with glass square mosaic tiles:

Unfortunately, the grout Shaun picked up was NOT white. I ended up ordering a colorant/sealant called "AquaMix" that gets painted on. It looks so much better, but was really slow-going. Moral of the story: double-check the grout color before leaving the store!

The finished tub! Shaun ended up repainting the whole bathroom white. We also ended up cleaning and painting the grout on the floor with the same colorant.  Now the bathroom looks so much less dingy. Eli approved and immediately took a bath the next morning. He had been waiting for the two weeks the whole process took.