Bath deux, round un

Hello all. Having made some more progress on floors we turned to other rooms. We enjoyed our first bathroom so much we decided to do it again!

As a refresher, this is what we started with.

So far, so functional. Once we cleared out the existing accoutrements we had more of a clean slate on which to perform our magic.

Our first step was to paint the ceiling and walls, true to our work from the top down approach. You may be wondering why we stopped short on the walls. You're quite perceptive for your age, aren't you? Well our initial design called for bead board to cover the lower half of the wall.

Why change a horse in midstream? Well here is the tile we planned to use for the floor. It's a nice complement to the black/white one we used in the first bathroom.

We really like it and began to wonder whether the bright white bead board would be too much visually and distract from the tile.

You can tell us what you think. We're much happier with our choice.

You're always advised to buy about 10% more flooring than you'll need because there's going to be waste. As we motored along this floor ate up a lot of tile to ensure we could maintain the design. From that initial pile this is what remains.

With the floor and walls done we could install the counter. We'd taken out one 36-inch cabinet and replaced it with 32 inches' worth of cabinets--an 18-inch cabinet flanked by two 9-inch ones. The reason for this contortion? Long delivery delays. Also these were kitchen cabinets (24 inches deep) which meant we had to use our trick of cutting three inches off the back. The notches between the cabinets are to accommodate the sink bowl.

There's still obvious work to be done, but we're back to having a working bathroom, only nicer. 

Until next time.