While I would have changed the placement of the 3 light coloured tiles in the left front of the picture, I am happy with the tile job so far. The grout goes down on Tuesday, so I hope to be able to move everything back into the studio for next weekend. 

I chose tile so that I don’t have to worry if a hot piece of glass falls to the floor. When you are in the middle of a bead you don’t want to have to get on the floor and look for a piping hot ball of glass.

The new torch is so quiet. The oxygen concentrator is the loudest thing now (at least until I get some music) when I’m making beads, but I can actually have a conversations in a normal voice. It’s just another added bonus of the upgrade.

Last weekend I was able to successfully do a couple batches of beads. No more scum! I did have to turn the torch down to a smaller flame, but it’s still amazing. 

They started the floor today, so once that is done I will post a picture. I originally wanted some blues (surprise surprise) and greys, but decided to go with just 3 different shades of grey in the same size and tile family. My instructions for the tile guy were “I want it random, but not random”. These instructions make sense to me, but my husband just shakes his head.