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.