The Kitchen Floor

Well, the cat is sort of out of the bag anyway, so I guess it's time for the big reveal on Extreme Makeover: Burkholder home edition--that is to say, not so extreme, we just did the kitchen floor. It was much tougher than simply allowing ABC to buy us a two week vacation while leveling the house and starting from scratch. Though if Ty Pennington ever stops by, I'm chaining him in the garage until my house is perfect.

But first (keeping true to the format of the show), teasers:

Step 1: Completely destroy the current floor. Oh, say hello to Simon, the new kitty. Where did the stuff that belongs in the kitchen go, you ask? Why, the next room over, of course!

Step 2: Rock chalk, Jayhawk! Ok, not really, it was more of a chalk powder on a string, but that's beside the point. Chalk lines! Woot!

Step 3, 4, and 5: Slowly, carefully, lay your uncut tiles. Or better yet, pay someone to do it for you.

Step 6: Don't forget, kitties like to help!

Step 7: Plan your tile cuts carefully, then...

Step 8: Conquer!

Step 9: Grout, grout, and more grout! Oh yeah, and more grout!

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, where Ty talks a lot more than he needs to, and then, we'll be back after these commercial messages... the big reveal!

Step 10: (I'm seriously simplifying things here.) Mop it, and put it all back. The island has carpet glued to the bottom of it, so it slides around to where you need it most today. Kinda nifty!

I couldn't stand not having a kitchen for more than two weeks, so I made the executive decision not to paint the walls until summer vacation, when hopefully I'll have more time, and possibly sanity, but we all know that's asking a bit much. ;)

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