DIY-ing it with the hubby

My husband and I are first time home buyers and we decided to buy a house that is somewhat of a fixer upper. One of the main projects was the take out the nasty linoleum and put tile down. When we started Senor Jorge thought “this can’t be that hard we have watched tons of HGTV and saw some clips on Youtube”.

 We started by taking out the stove, refrigerator than tearing out the linoleum and pouring the glue remover on the floor FYI like with any glue read the instructions! We did not and got a glue high. So after we came down from our high we started the tile work i.e. scraping the glue, grouting, measuring, cutting and what not. At this point I’m a little tired but still hanging in there.

I might have forgotten to mention Señor Jorge is very handy in DIY work and an ever annoying perfectionist every step in his DIY work is meticulously planned, so while I was “helping” wipe the grout off the tiles (I am not so DIY friendly and very laid back not everything has to be perfect) I did it as if I were wiping down my kitchen counters, It didn’t occur to me I was supposed to wipe down the tiles a certain way and Senor Jorge looked at me and said “Why are you doing it that way? Don’t you know?” (At this point I am already sweaty and tired and want my kitchen back) I had to pause for a second and   despite the fact that he thinks I should automatically know how to freaking tile. I did not freak out on him (I know most people believe all Mexicans know gardening, tiling and roofing this Mexican does not!) So I said “well no I didn’t know, you just said wipe not wipe this way or that way.” After being tired and at each other’s throat, the end result came out very nice and perfect. (I have pictures on my Facebook because I was so proud!)

 Our next big project is the master bathroom which is a very enclosed space to be dealing out criticism so hopefully we can survive the rest of our DIY ventures. I love my hubby but DIY-ing it with your man can really test you.