Interior tiling and flooring progress

I've been too busy to post lately, so there is quite a bit of catching up to do! For starters, the ceiling of the master shower has been tiled (save one piece - ran out of adhesive!).

We're using a combination of Loctite PL-375 and Loctite Power Grab All-Purpose Construction Adhesive rather than thinset to attach these to the ceiling. Much easier!

Next, we started laying out the hardwood flooring. It is 3/4 inch thick solid Maple.

 We got about two thirds of the room nailed down in a weekend. The first rows take quite a while to get perfectly straight. Once you're past that though, things go much quicker with the tongue nailer.

The wood has a nice variety to it:

Retaining wall

There has been good progress on the retaining wall so far, should be finished up this coming week!

Concrete

This past week, the excavators and concrete guys have been hard at work on finishing things up. All the concrete is now in place, such as the garage:

Also, the front porch and sidewalk:

It really fills out the look of the front of the house:

Tiling progress

Lots of progress made on the tile lately . . . the laundry room is completed:

The back wall of the master shower has the tile set:

Finally, the 2nd bathroom shower is cement boarded and just about ready for tile. The floor here is complete, like the master bathroom:

More painting and tile prep

Wow, things have been busy since the last update! Where do I begin...

Well, we got the big common area room all painted in a very light blue/green - very subtle. It went quicker than I thought it would!

Next, tile prep has continued in the laundry room and 2nd bathroom. The laundry area is all laid out and ready for the thin-set:

The master bathroom shower is about ready for the tile layout, and the 2nd bathroom shower area is just beginning with the vapor barrier:

With the warm weather lately, things look a bit different outside!