After weeks of drooling over the gorgeous tile selections at The Tile Shop, taking a fantastic, hands-on DIY tile class, and diving into my own tiling and grouting adventures – it’s time for my DIY kitchen backsplash reveal! Our new kitchen DIY tile backsplash (click to enlarge)! The tile is Riviera Beach from The Tile
If you follow me an Instagram (user name: allthingsgd), you may have already seen this, but for the rest of you – here’s a sneak peek at my 2012 Christmas decorations: Colorful Christmas stockings hanging on the staircase. Metallic ribbon-wrapped letters. More coming soon!
With my tiles set, it was time to start grouting! You really only need to let your tiles set for 18-24 hours before grouting them, but I let mine set for a week since I’m a weekend DIYer and wasn’t able to get to them any sooner. For my backsplash I used unsanded grout mixed
What an eventful month we’ve had in the G&D household! So many fun, exciting, and crazy things happened this month, so I’ve decided to do my first ever “Month in Review” photo recap of the highlights! Our Month in Review – November 2012 November 3: My friend Jill and I finish the Tyranena Beer Run
I really should have been more nervous about slapping tile up on our kitchen backsplash for the very first time, but for some reason I wasn’t at all. Not even a little bit. Maybe it was thanks to the fantastic DIY tile class I took at The Tile Shop to prepare myself. Or maybe it
I would start decorating for Christmas on July 5th if G would let me. Unfortunately, he insists that I wait until after Thanksgiving to bust out the Christmas cheer. In recent years, however, I’ve taken the liberty to interpret this to mean “after we eat turkey in November,” so once we get home from our
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