Build-A-Bathroom Week 5

While we took some time to enjoy family (and a ton of amazing food) this weekend, we continued plugging away on the bathroom. There's much progress to report- progress that has created a boost in energy for us to continue. Here's where we're at:

Grout. Grout. And more grout. We spent two romantic evenings in the bathroom- Jeff troweling on grout, and me carrying and emptying buckets of water to wash it off. It was actually a good project to do together and I promise I am not biased when I say that Jeff did an absolutely fantastic job. 

My dad asked for a closeup of the shower accent tile- in the centre of the main shower wall is a vertical row of textured "Rainfall" tiles with two rows of clear glass 1"x 1" squares on each side. We wanted an accent with minimal colour contrast and after hunting around three tile showrooms, this is what we came up with.

Grouting the shower niche was a painstaking job but Jeff persevered and it looks great. It doesn't show up well, but we also used the "Rainfall" accent tile for the back of the niches.

And voila! Almost finished shower tile. The plan next week is to seal it, add silicone between the tile and the tub, install the fixtures and hang the curtain rod.

This weekend, Jeff also put up the new vanity light, and primed the recessed cabinet. The highlight, however, came yesterday with the installation of the new vanity. It's made of alder wood; the stain colour is a medium brown with a tinge of red. It's the first piece of furniture both Jeff and I have ever had custom made and we couldn't be happier about how it turned out.  

It not only looks great, it works great, too. 

After 5 weeks and a few surprises, here's the view from our main entrance into the bathroom. There is  still lots to do but it was absolutely wonderful to step back yesterday afternoon and see it all starting to come together.