I'm writing this on July 7th. The bathroom renovation is scheduled to be done tomorrow. That will be two weeks worth of work with weekends off and the no-show on the July 4th.
Today, they painted the walls. The ceiling and trim still needs to be painted and there is still a lot of clean up to be done.
There are also some things with issues. Like the toilet was reconnected and now the water doesn't fill the bowl. There are a few sharp edges on the tile/trim that concern me because if someone is going to hurt themselves, it will be me. Also, the door to the water closet will not close. The floor must be higher now than the old floor.
Overall, though, the space is beautiful! The paint color is awesome and I am totally in love with it. My photography skills do not do it justice. Maybe when I do the after pictures, I can try a different time of day, and the lighting will be better. Or I might just be a bad photographer with my iPhone. :-)
Also, the right-hand mirror in my bathroom has been crooked since I bought the house. It made me crazy! I asked a handyman to fix it, but he told me it would take hours and at what he charged per hour, it wasn't worth the money. The guy who fixed it said it took about thirty seconds. Thirty seconds! I've been losing my mind with that crooked mirror and it was a quick, easy fix.
The shower door guy did show up today--while I was at my doctor's appointment. Grr. Luckily, I anticipated that my luck would be bad on this score. What I did was go online and look at shower door handles. I found one I really liked, did a screen capture, and then created a Word document with what I wanted: Clear glass, brushed nickel hinges/handles/whatever, and the picture of the door handles I loved. I printed it out and gave it to my dad last night. Just in case I'm not home, I told him.
And (of course) I wasn't.
My luck wasn't all bad, though. The contractor said the glass guy reported that in three weeks, the cost of the glass will go up 40%. FORTY PERCENT! OMG! That would have made me reconsider using the old glass door.
So one of the things the contractor did was take the shower out a few more inches, so it's slightly bigger now. He also went higher with the tile and lower with the sill. If I'd gone with the old shower door, I wouldn't have gotten that extra space and the wall between the tub and shower would have had to be cut down. I'm glad the price increase is at the end of the month and that I got my order in on time to avoid it.
The other great piece of news is I am now able to park in my garage again. This will make life so much easier, especially in the mornings. I was driving with my wipers on for about twenty minutes even though it wasn't raining because of how much the windshield was sweating after being left outside all night.
Here are the not quite finished, but we're close pictures:
