Things have been happening here at Mountain Dreams!
Our master bath is FINALLY done! This whole tile experience has been a nightmare. What started as a simple problem turned into 15 weeks of phone calls, repeated shipments of tile, and a tile store severing their ties with Mohawk Tile. In case you don't remember or don't have a clue what all this is about...our tile installer had our master bath completely tiled except for the corners. When he opened the box containing the outcorners (bullnosed on 2 sides), they didn't match the rest of the bullnose tile that had been installed. We had rounded tile edges on the walls and backsplashes, the outcorners had angled edges. This was in mid-January. I made a phone call to the store in Kalispell and talked to our salesman. He'd never run into this problem before. He called the Mohawk tile rep and was told the correct tile would be reshipped right away. But when it came...same thing, angled edges. They tried a third time, still the wrong tile. The rep then did a little more checking and it was discovered that our tile was made in the USA, except for the corners which are made in Italy. Ok, so that's a little weird...but he assured us the next shipment would be correct. But...they'd be sending all new bullnose tile...with angled edges. That meant that what we had installed now needed to be demolitioned and replaced. And...we made sure they would be paying the labor. We arranged to have all this done while we were gone in late February and March. Our plumber came out in the morning on the day we left and removed our tub. Our tiler came in a few days later and removed all the tile that was to be replaced. The tile showed up in Kalispell a few days before we came home and...yep!it was wrong again! This time our salesman went right to the top and called the president of Mohawk Industries. He was flabbergasted and assigned someone to look into the problem. What they found was that the product from the USA and the product from Italy had been assigned the same product numbers. They couldn't know exactly what was in the boxes without physically opening them. So, supposedly that's what they were doing.They told us that someone in each warehouse was opening the boxes to find the product we needed. After a month of waiting and no progress, Mohawk stopped returning phone calls. So, we had a decision to make. The store in Kalispell was willing to start all over with new product if that's what we wanted. We liked the tile we had chosen and one of the reasons for that particular product was that they made outcorners and we wouldn't have to make 45 degree cuts to finish the corners. We decided that we really didn't want to tear our entire bathroom apart. So we had the rounded bullnose edges and backsplashes replaced and had the corners done with 45 degree cuts. The plumber returned to hook up the tub and it's done!
The naked lady??? We picked her up in Italy ten years ago :)
We've also been grading our road...
We've seeded a lawn...
We've planted shrubs and 3 flowering trees...big thanks to Wanda,our friend and art teacher, who let us use her discount at Plant Land!
We've added a little "zen" with a birdbath...
We still have loads of work to do. The next big project will be to put a second coat of paint on the exterior and get the darker green (edamame) on the shingled gables. But fun comes first.My sisters will be arriving for a visit on Thursday and staying for a few days.On the 11th we are leaving for Lewistown in central Montana. John will be in the Champ,I'll be in one of the vehicles...probably the Beetle since it's a little easier on the gas bill. We'll be meeting the Montana Antique Airplane Club for an air tour of the central part of the state.This will be our first time meeting anyone in the group, I'm sure we'll meet some nice people.When we return we'll have about 3 weeks to get the painting done and then we'll be headed to St. George for Shayla and Roger's wedding reception and to pick up Legend! He'll be coming back with us!
