Over the course of a month I have learned to build a bench in the backyard and also how to tile a kitchen. In the process I learned many new skills, like how to use a circular saw, a hand drill, and many other interesting tools that I’ve never used before. I decided for my home improvement project I would help Brook retile the kitchen counters in the student council apartment. First we went to Home Depot to get the supplies and then head back home. We both thought it should only take one weekend at the most, right? WRONG! On day three we both realized how over our heads we really were. After taking off the countertops and screwing the plywood in, we screwed down the backer board. We ended up using about a thousand screws! On day four we finally started laying tile and using the tile saw which was a lot of fun to use! When we finally finished on day nine I felt the feeling of satisfaction and the reward of hard work. This was a really awesome project to work on and I learned a lot. For me, the lessons I learned here was not to jump the gun and to analyze the situation before you start.
-Brad
