We’re idiots when it comes to home improvement, but you’d think we could do basic math. We measured our kitchen and dining floors about a hundred times. We planned for 250 square feet of tile, including overage. So we picked out some tile and wanted 20 boxes to ensure ample overage but they only had 19. Okay, we bought it all. Should be enough and we can probably take one or maybe even two boxes back.



As the tile went in yesterday I thought the pile of boxes was getting smaller a lot faster than the area that remained to be tiled was disappearing. Then I realized why. We had originally planned to put the cabinets in, and tile up to them. Change in plans – instead we’re tiling the whole area, including under where the cabinets will be. But like the boneheads we are, we forgot to increase the square footage to account for the extra tile.

So for those of you playing along, here are the actual numbers: square footage to be tiled: 260. Square feet of tile we bought: 261.5. We counted it off yesterday about a dozen times. Based on the remaining tile and remaining area to be tiled, our overage, which should be ten percent, now stands at half a tile. Dean’s on hot standby to run to Missoula if needed, and tile guy will be making his cuts very carefully.