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25 May 2009

Bathroom in progress

Where the sink was and before the wall is repaired and new sink put in.
The old medicine cabinent which needs some new hinges but is in pretty good shape and stays right where we found it.

The remaining wall! This wall with the shower on it was Monday's work. The cut outs took me forever!

The shower surround as of Sunday night.
Floor sample. I love this tile. I hope it looks good once it is down.

24 May 2009

Tile, tile, and more tile

I spent the day yesterday "laying" the back wall of the bath tub surround, and it is looking so good. I have a good imagination for place but I am always surprised by the reality. I have the next two days to finish the initial laying of the tub surround -- I still have no decided on grout color. Some sort of gray but I am not sure of the exact shade. How much do I want the tile to stand out or become solid white. Actually, the room is too small for anything to fade into a background.

I should have posted pictures of the before, but I'll take some today for a "during."

When I tell people that I am tiling, I get a lot of respect. Much too much. It is not hard, exacting and slow, but not hard. As I was laying my very simple walls, I really wanted to do a more creative job tiling. The reason for tiling white on white and so simple was to get the bathroom to a point where we could sell this house. Not sure if that is what we want to do but the neutrality of the bathroom would not cramp anyone's style. There is enough wall to embellish or change a style, even <> wall paper.

27 April 2009

Floor

I ordered the bathroom floor today. Ten days to two weeks.

25 April 2009

Bathroom renovation







When we moved in July of 2007, we had big plans to renovate the bathroom and the kitchen immediately, but the reality of a job market that I could not crack and Julia's needs stood between our big plans and the realization of those plans.

This spring we are working on the bathroom -- new tub and sink, and a tile floor and shower surround. Benjamin Plumbing is doing the instillation of the sink and tub, and all the plumbing. I am doing the tiling. I ordered the floor tile yesterday.

Pictures of the sink, faucet, and shower hardware.

23 April 2009

Entry the first

I stumbled upon the book, Not so Big House, and found the ideas and suggestions tht I have been looking for for a long, long time. I have a notebook that I stuff with ideas and notes, but so many times the ideas are on websites and I never copy them down. And so, a house blog.