9.28.18

Getting closer every day!

All the rest of the tile is in, and most of the grout is finished. The final grout (bottom tiles and threshold of the shower and baseboard) will come tomorrow.

I just love how this niche turned out!

The vanity and sink are in, but unfortunately the faucet we chose doesn't work with the three wide holes, so we had to buy a different one. :(

Overall, it's really coming together!

9.27.18

Grout!

I love the dove gray grout with the white tile:

And the floor tiles look awesome, too.

9.26.18

floor tile!

9.25.18

Shower wall and floor tiles are done! Grout tomorrow.

9.24.18

More tile, including the decorative mosaic within the niche:

And Greg put up the new light, which is awesome. The LED lights up the room really well.

9.23.18

I think the painting went about as well as could be. The texturizing spray stuff isn’t awful.

From this:

To this:

And the paint dries to not-as-baby-blue-as-it-looks-wet.

9.21.18

Looking more and more like a bathroom. :)

Still loving it.

This weekend we paint.

9.20.18

Tile!

Just the beginning, but it looks so cool!

9.19.18

Contractor was only around a little while to put some toxic smelling red stuff on the durock before tiling begins tomorrow (!!!!!!).


Not much to see beyond red:

shower niche

mixer and shower head

same as above; poorer lighting :)

close-up of right shower wall with post-its to mark where the accent tile will go

Full shower with post-its

We did, however, talk a bit about painting. To save some money, Greg and I will do the painting, and the contractor said we could wait till it's all done and paint at that point, or he could probably finish all the patching and sanding by Friday afternoon if we wanted to paint this weekend. We do! :)

He strongly recommended putting texture on the walls, as they're old plaster over drywall and uneven, patched cracks, etc. The quote to have someone professionally texturize the walls was more than we could justify, but I guess there's spray-on texturizer that comes in a can, and you can buy it at your friendly neighborhood construction/hardware type store. So I took another trip to Home Depot, returned some things, and picked up the texturizing spray, paint (gasp--so much pressure) and materials to paint. Wish us luck this weekend.

As for the paint color, we actually bought towels and a bath mat ahead of time so that we could find a paint in a similar color family. I took one to Home Depot and came home with a gallon of Gentle Sea. The color may not be very accurate below, but you can see it at this link. It's a grey-green blue color, which is not my usual color family, so I'm crossing my fingers.

9.18.18

Lots more prep work, but getting closer!

Original floor, under all the layers of glue and tile

Replaced flooring (was damaged in places)

Floor; circle in bottom right corner is where toilet will go

Floor; duroc laid down (look for toilet drain in upper left corner)

left side of shower, with mixer and shower head

right side of shower, with niche

major patching where towel rack was

Shower drain pre-durock (photo from contractor)

9.17.18

Passed inspection so far!


The plumber came and installed the shower mixer:

And turned down the inlets for the sink:

And the Durock is in around the shower:

9.14.18

Water proof liner and second layer of cement poured for shower: