The finished mosaic!

Last night we were invited back to Nadine and Jim's to see the finished mosaic. Her son did the grouting and the finished mosaic looks fantastic! 

This mosaic was a great solution for a difficult problem. Their patio is under a very old Wisteria plant that has become so heavy on the pergola that it's cracked the patio. they can't replace the patio without risking killing the Wisteria. The patio had become a bad trip hazard, especially in this corner. This corner was 3" lower than the point where the other 3 slabs meet. Her 99 year-old mother tripped on it last year.

We had talked a couple of years ago about the idea of doing a mosaic to address this issue and the time came 2 weeks ago to get it done. She had a big collection of Mexican-style tiles. Her son poured concrete to bring the level up for us to lay the mosaic on. He also cut out the corner in the back of the photo and poured new concrete.
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It was fun to smash up the tiles and I was thrilled to not have to do the grouting. But grouting makes suchs a difference  in the look of the whole thing.
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