kitchen projects part 3 (backsplash)

let's pretend this post was written on sunday, march 11. :)

monday, march 5, was my first day of work at a medical clinic as a receptionist. between my new job and ashton having a busy and late-night work week, we didn't get a lot done on the weekdays. i did go pick up our backsplash from the fedex place, so that was exciting to actually have these in our possession. we had the idea early on to have a brick backsplash, but i was a little nervous about what they would actually look like in person.

we also started looking at floor tiles, trying to pick out what our future floor was going to look like. we had lots of scenes like this...

so which of those tiles did we pick? none. we ended up checking out a local place here that cut us a great deal on a glazed porcelain tile (18" tiles that ashton appreciated).

friday, ashton got off work a little early, so we headed off to home depot to pick up all of our backsplashing supplies, and ashton got busy. 

my mom was going to be coming in town to spend the night, so my job was to clean the guest bathroom for her. it. was. disgusting. we, obviously, don't use the guest bathroom since we have our own, so we may have forgotten that it had been winterized and was covered (kind of) so it was moldy and gross and disgusting. no fears, i took care of that. (you're welcome, mom!)

saturday, we picked up our floor tiles before i headed to college station for a bridal shower for one of my best friends, tara. (yay weddings!) and while i was at the shower, wonderful ashton continued to work on the backsplash. here's what it looked like before i left...

(isn't he doing a great job?!?)

while i was in college station, i got a text from ashton with a picture showing how much he had done. check it out...

he did such a great job with the bricks! mom came back with me on saturday, and was also a good sport about clearing her own path through the living room. my mom won the award for our first overnight guest. :) 

she left early on sunday, and ashton and i did some all-day shopping for our office desk and bookshelf, as well as 2 more chairs for our kitchen table. that night, we grouted the backsplash. really, ashton grouted, but he did call for reinforcements to wash the grout off the backsplash.

my parents came back in town on monday night and stayed the night, so i was glad that the bricks were finished by the time they came!

stay tuned! next project... tiling the floor! :)