New Vanity!

Today we bought a vanity that fit our bathroom perfectly. It was everything we were looking for. It doesn't take up too much floor space but gives us more counter space than the previous stand alone sink. We are real happy and can't wait to add the finishing touches.

The Contractors are DONE!!!

They contractors put two long days into completing the bathroom so that Danae could come home with Ethan on Saturday night. They finished tiling and put the grout in. All they have left to do is install the fixtures in the shower and seal all the tile and grout. We are happy with the turn out. Now it is my turn to get my hands a little dirty. We have found the vanity that we want and are eager to build new shelving in the place of the old ones. We just have to figure out when we will have the finances for that since wood is so expensive. Additionally I will put in new base boards and trim. Then a little bit of paint will finish it all off. The pictures do little justice. Hope everyone will be able to visit soon enough to see the renovation in person. I will do my best to update the blog with each of the next steps involved.

Day 8: So much closer!!!

Mark and Patrick made great strides today. They arrived early at 6am this moring and finished the exterior of shower. You can't even tell they did work there. They also filled in the old heater that was in the wall and installed the GFI outlet. They also finished tiling around the tub minus the finishing tile which they will install tomorrow. They also installed all of the tile on the floor. They also patched all of the holes in the walls throughout the whole bathroom. Tomorrow they are going to grout the floor and the tub and prep the shower floor so they can tile it on Saturday. We are so close to them being done. It will lift some of the weight off of our shoulders. Then I get to do a lot of the finish work. I can't wait to get my hands dirty with this home improvement project. I am glad I let them do all the work they did. There is no way I would have been as efficient as they have been. My next post will be on Sunday.

Day 7

Here are the photos from day seven. The work that I found completed was they finished tiling the walls in the shower. They also made the step into the shower slop towards the shower so water will run off it into the shower. They also smoothed out the surface around the tub and installed the first row of tile. They also filed in and converted the old wall heater into a GFI outlet. There is still a lot of work to be done. They just have to tile the shower door jamb, tile the shower floor, and put the 1/4 round trim around the top of the shower. They also have to finish the tiling around the shower by adding a row of glass followed by 1 more row of tile and the 1/4 round for that. They also have to finish smoothing around the outside of the shower, tile the bathroom floor including all of the prep work for that. All the plumbing fixtures need to be installed, wiring for the lamp fixture needs to be updated, and the switches for all the different lights and fans to be installed. Additionally they need to install the trim work for the recessed lighting and install the lights. Finally, they need to do all the grout work. I hope they can get it all done by Friday night so the Mrs. and the kid can move back home on Saturday. It is all in Gods hands now. Thanks for all of your support.

Getting Closer? Day 6

Mark and Patrick worked hard today. Mark made a lot of progress on the shower today. He nearlly finished the walls. Tomorrow he will finish the walls then start on the shower floor. He is doing a really good job at making it look good. He got all the glass tile in too. I can't wait to see it all cleaned up. Patrick finished the patch work around the tub early today so he was able to install the recessed lighting. He even got it wired in. Tomorrow he will run updated wire for the light fixture above the vanity once we get that installed. They think they will be done by friday. Danae can't wait to get back home. Hopefully she will be able to move back on Sat while I am at work.

Day 5 produces much more!!!

It is all finally starting to come together. They made a lot more progress today. The bottom half is done. They should be able to fly through the rest of the shower and start the floor tomorrow. The top half is squared so there will be fewer cuts to worry about. I am finally starting to realize what the finish product will look like.

First day of Tile

Here is $400 dollars labor worth of work in tiling on one day. I hope they do more than this the next 2 days to finish all the work they have left. So far, I am happy with the work, just not how long it is taking.

Day 3 Renovations

Day 2 of the renovations was covered up by day 3. On day 2 they did all the plumbing and preping for the brown coat. We are can't wait for them to start tiling on Friday.

Additional demo pics

Here are some more of the demo pics

Bathroom renovation

We discovered recently that we had a leak somewhere in our shower allowing water to soak into the surrounding walls. We decided to use this opportunity to renovate to a higher end bathroom. These pictures are from day one which was only demolition day.