My 'quick' bathroom tile job turned into a two week puzzle

I thought I could lay a simple subway tile pattern in a day, but I didn't account for the weird angles around the old window. I spent about 14 days just cutting tiny pieces to fit, and I still have a weird triangle gap I'm calling 'artistic'. Anyone else have a simple project that turned into a geometry test?

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uma_lopez10d ago

The real trap is grout. You get the cuts perfect after days of work, then the grout color changes everything. A dark line can make a slightly off cut look ten times worse. I used a light gray and it turned my careful work into a highlight reel of every tiny mistake. Now I see why pros charge so much.

anthony12710d ago

Oh man, that's the universal rule of home projects. Every single one has a hidden "gotcha" that turns it into a logic puzzle. My bookshelf install met a wall that was not even close to straight. Suddenly I was an engineer figuring out compound shims.