Positive feedback: If she likes it, that's good. What matters is that she is satisfied. And she knew you didn't have a lot of experience with tile, right, but wanted you to do it anyway, You can certainly do some stuff with grout that will help at least keep the lippage from being too bad, I imgine, though without pictures it's hard to say for sure. And you're learning, which is always good.

It's too late now, but you can buy a tool that helps keep tiles from lipping so much; it's a round doohickey that fits on the four corners where they join together. It might still be worth a run to Home Depot before you head over next time, to see if it helps with the rest of the floor.

I won't say more. Have a great evening!

I. have seen those tools. Maybe ill look into it further. I was just thinking to myself maybe if i would have placed all the full tile in middle, let them settle and then did the ends but its mostly too late now. ill post more pics tômrrow and when its done. Thank you

I didnt. Im going to read the box tomorrow and see if it says anything. My co worker was supposed to do it that way. I wasnt there when he started and he changed it to that way.

The attached pic is how it is displayed in the store.

It doesn't look that bad, actually. I was thinking from your description that it was going to be a floor covered with little bumps and hills, heh, and I do see some minor lippage and some slightly uneven lines and such. But I think it will probably be okay once it's grouted, I honestly do (what color grout did she pick?). At least you won't have an elderly lady constantly tripping over raised tile edges, the way I was afraid might be the case. :-)

Really, it does look all right. I've laid a fair amount of tile myself (I'm not a pro, just lots of DIY) and if I'd done this I'd probably be satisfied with it. And the thing about individually hand-laid tile is that those slight variations can look rustic and authentic, depending on the room and style and such.

Certainly if she's paying you less than she'd pay an expert tile installer, and she's aware that you're learning as you go, then I wouldn't feel guilty about the work you've done. And next time you'll know more, and so on. You've been honest with her about your experience or lack thereof, and to me that matters and makes a difference.

Yes, the store display shows it with 1/3 offset layout