Dosanko in the South

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Bathroom Renovation Day 18

I almost lost track of how many days we're into this project. Day 18, it is. So they said they'd finish it today. We'll see.

Cabinets and stuff have been installed.

I asked them to move up the light a few inches.
I'm glad I did, it looks better. Ahh...

I guess I need to repaint this patch. But I am pretty good at painting at this point. I don't mind it. I'm so much happier that we have the light moved in the right place.

We have dimmers!

Dimmers were on our must-list because we didn't want to go to the bathroom at night with blinding light. Yes, everyone needs a dimmer when they get older.

Power outlet, sideways...

We originally wanted a bigger power outlet, but there was just no space for it. We even had to move up the cabinet a bit so there was enough room for this plate. It is indeed a small room...

They had to cut out a little hole to insert the drain pipe. But the drawer still works, so I'm ok with that. There's still room for cleaners and such in there. Sometimes, using new vanities in old house can pause challenges like this.

The drain pipe was so old, it crumbled when they tried to tighten.

I'm glad that they have found the old crumbling drain pipe at this point, since I don't want to be the one to be left with a water disaster in the middle of the night. I'm hoping that we don't have to replace the entire pipes anytime soon. We have to see about that.

Glass doors are in.

This is where you go into the tub. Seems small.
Are we going to fit there ok?

Looks really pretty. I hope it's practical as well.

They couldn't quite finish it today. The vanity gave them unexpected extra work because of the old water pipes, and putting up these glass doors was apparently quite challenging. One of their power drills was fried because these ceramic tiles are very hard. (And they had to make nine holes!) They sure did a wonderful job, though.

This is how it looks at the end of today. It's all coming together.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Bathroom Renovation Day 17

Today, we had a vanity put in, also a new light fixture, a shower head, and so on. It's kind of sad that the more stuff they put in, the smaller the room gets. It was big enough for a party before they put anything in! (Not really!)

Vanity needs to be secured on the wall.

The wall color, Benjamin Moore's Revere Pewter, looks even right for this room with the vanity put in. It picks up the dark reddish brown in the vanity.

A new shower head

It's my hubby's choice.... It looks like a UFO.

Water is connected!

Vanity still needs a little work.

The tile baseboard was cut to set the vanity in.

I feel that the medicine cabinet was a bit oversized, and the lighting fixture is too close to it. But maybe that's something we can learn to live with....

From this angle, it looks like the light is touching the medicine cabinet.
I can open the door barely missing the light shades. Hmm...

A fan is installed.

They said they will be finishing up tomorrow. Psyched!

Monday, October 6, 2014

Bathroom Renovation Day 16

We finished painting. The masking tape came off and voila! Except for a few touch-ups, the room is ready to install the toilet and the sink.

We painted the door with Lowe's Olympic Icon ultra white in semi gloss.
It looks nice and crisp in the room. I like it.

We used it for window/door trims as well.

After removing the masking tape...

It needs a little touch-up.

The wall is ready for a cabinet.

Although I was careful with taping, I still got some paint underneath the tape. I need to wipe off the smudges. I'll see how much I can clean that up with touch-ups.