¡Todo va mal!

This is the one of the first Spanish phrases, if not the very first, I learnt more than 20 years ago from my Spanish influences. I used to say this every time when I broke the code and before the bugs were found and all was well again. Obviously this is a chronic issue during software development. Apparently this applies to renovation as well. When I was coding I wasn't really that concerned, I knew I would fix it sooner or later, but not this renovation... I really have a feeling of doom and gloom.

So I mentioned about the cabinets last, well, they are still being installed. I don't want to give an estimate anymore as it seems to be quite irrelevant.

Of course more electrical issues. The recessed lights in the kitchen along the upper cabinet side are all misplaced.  They are a full inch off. The living room junction boxes may not be moved again, god knows why not.

The guest bathroom design is an awful mess, creating needless shouting sessions among all parties involved.

And now the master bedroom tiles.
Here is how one of the walls should be tiled.

There are 2 field sizes of limestones.
One is 2x8.
One is 12x24.

In the vertical dimension, we should be able to put three (2x8) in one (12x24) and all should be well. In fact manufacturers supposedly make smaller tiles in a way to accommodate a 1/16 or 1/8 grout to fit into bigger ones.

But of course not the ones that I got. I chose them and the tile guy went to buy them. But apparently alignment is not to be:

Left is the desired alignment. Right side is reality.

There are 2 ways to make them align.

1. have a very fat grout as shown on the left side of the picture. Not recommended. Grouts are awfully hard to maintain. And fat grouts are ugly.
2. Cut off the big tile to align with the stacked up small tiles. But they are only 1/4 inch off... Cannot cut such a narrow strip off limestone.

Basically the small tiles are too small and also too big to align with the big tile.
Why did the tile guy buy these when he knows that they cannot be aligned? Shouldn't he come and ask me first? No, they just do it. Just like the electrician, if he can't put it in a place where it should be, instead of asking, he just put it somewhere else.

And so the continuation of doom and gloom.
What to do? Hmm. I don't know.