More Remodel

We're close to the finish line.

The noise and construction chaos frightened Tux so much she was chasing trucks down the road thinking she was left behind. The workers were leaving all the doors open so there was no way to keep her in the yard. She might be getting a little senile, or maybe the medications contribute to her confusion. Whatever, we'll all be glad when it's over.

These are horrible pics of the kitchen, but I'm posting them anyway. The colors are way off because of all the different lighting.

Bob is working on under counter lighting so you see the wire hanging there.

My new sink with doo-dads. It's big. I love it, dirty dishes and all.

View from the sink.

Yikes. This is dark! New countertop, sink and tile backsplash. Hattie's in there too if you can find her.

That's all for now.

Living in a madhouse

It's been crazy here the last couple days. The tile is finished in the master bath but my pictures don't do it justice. You can't even see the wave texture in the huge tiles in the shower. There's still quite a bit to do before it's ready to use (plumbing, sinks, shower track, mirrors, cabinets, door) and when I next get an urge to paint... really??!!...I'm going to go with a mink color to contrast with the tiles and pick up the counter and stone colors. That won't be any time soon though. Anyway, the tile is beautiful and exceptionally well done... my pictures are not.

The bathroom floor

The floor is pretty much done. Here it is grouted. They've used an epoxy grout that is totally waterproof and stain proof.





The countertop is quartz that picks up color in the rocks on the shower floor. We thought that tied the room together since the shower will be open. Even the paint color works. Very pleased! Monday the wall tiles start in this room while countertops in other rooms are removed. Tuesday new counters will be installed in those rooms.

Tile

Love these big tiles. They'll be going on the walls, too, along with some very neat wave-textured tiles. The shower floor will be cut stone. Notice the curve at the shower corner and the circle cut out for the toilet plumbing. Nice tile work! Oh, and the countertop was installed yesterday. Can't see it very well in this picture.

Afternoon update:

Stone tiles in the shower!

Tile Preps

This orange plastic stuff is being laid and the entire floor will be waterproof when all is done. 

First two pictures from last night show the walls and floor without the shower "pan" which is really a dropped box.

Here is the shower "pan" with the drain in place. The box is filled with a sandlike material that is packed down and becomes impermeable to water.

The plastic stuff on the floor is waffle-like and it gets troweled over with this white stuff. (This is the toilet stall.) The waterproofing and tiles will continue up the walls. It's a big job and I'm glad these guys know what they're doing. Our job was to pick grout colors today.

A weekend of painting

We ended up repainting with Adobe Sand after our original color, Moon Glass, looked like bubble gum ice cream. You can see the thin strip at the top that still needs to be cut over. We thought it was more blue in samples but it was really aqua and clashed with the olive green in the bedroom as well as being totally out of character with colors in the rest of the house. So our experiment with color lasted about 24 hours. 

Priming the bathroom

Drywall is done and we primed walls and ceiling today. Painting should be finished before Monday when tile work begins.

Shifted doorway into bathroom....



In the bathroom....



Looking into the bedroom...

Hattie waits for play time...

Flowers

No pictures of the bathroom today. The room is sealed with a dehumidifier to dry out the mud on the drywall. Perfect time for a few pictures of what's going on in the yard. The day has been cloudy, not too warm, but humid.



Dahlias!







Coneflowers and zinnias.



That's all for now.

More construction

This is how the bathroom looked at day's end Friday.



This is the doorway... shifted to the right a few inches.



Here it is today. Two medicine cabinets with nice big oval mirrors are going in over the sinks where the holes are. Just noticed the guys are using one of my old blankets to protect the vanity. Oh well.



I made the most delicious pasta sauce today using my Amish and Cherokee Purple tomatoes, homegrown onions and garlic, and basil, oregano and rosemary from the garden, a little olive oil, red wine and salt. Yum. It was a small batch but I was able to put two jars into the freezer and kept out enough for dinner tonight and tomorrow. Hope to make more as the tomatoes ripen.

Plumbing

Today there was more work on the shower wall and doorways, and the plumbing went in. We're getting the Moen Twist handshower with slide bar for the shower and reinstalling the Moen faucets and sinks we have to save money. They're still in good shape. 

Moen Twist

Remodel Has Begun

Second day of work. I have to rush to load these pictures so I can get dinner made. The remodel is starting with the master bath. Here are some before pics. We're taking out the shower and the wall in the middle of the room to build an open shower.

This is the door into the bathroom, a pocket door, and the door to the right is to the toilet. Across from the toilet door is the shower door. It's a poorly designed bottleneck. 

We're replacing the countertop, moving the heater vent under the cabinet and removing the hotel wall mirror as well as new tile floor.

This little wall is out! The blue patch is future bathroom color.

First day of work the shower,  tile floor, wall and countertop were removed.

This shows the pocket door in the wall. We're going to remove this door and replace it with the swinging door that is currently at the toilet. This then becomes the wall where the shower plumbing will go.

Second day of work, the floor has been dropped to build the shower floor that will be level with the rest of the bathroom floor.

After looking at the room with shower removed we decided to remove the wall above the toilet door and move the entry door a few more inches in that direction to give more room in the shower.

Here's Hattie conducting inspections. 

Dust is everywhere in the house, and Bob is allergic to it. That's it for today. Off to make dinner now.