We are coming into the final stretch of the first phase of the home remodel/refresh. After Christmas, we started the master suite. We needed a new floor in the master bath before we could put in the hardwood, which led us to a new tub, a new shower and new paint. It is always like that: you can't do one job without you do three others first.
It all starts with demolition. The garden tub is gone, but we think it was repurposed by the contractor. Also, we had to take out the half wall by the shower, which means we lost the shower and had to rebuild.
Also, we had a toilet in our bedroom for a month.
Then the new wallboard and new construction came in.
To make a long (10-week) story short, the contractor got the tub and shower in and the tile set, and the toilet reinstalled. We finished painting the main room, and the floor guys came in and knocked it out in one day.
We got the new "slipper" tub in,
As well as the new shower, with European style glass enclosure.
Here's the tile floor we designed, large tiles, small tiles and an accent strip. Hard to tell in this pic, but it is all on a 45 degree angle.
The floor made us want a new vanity light,
which led to a matching mosaic garbage can,
and mosaic clock.
Of course, we needed a new light in the main room.
We then painted both closets, and added new hardware.
Finally we went to an oriental rug place (Adib's on Highland) and picked out a bunch of rugs to audition for the bedroom and the piano room when it is finished (a few more weeks). Really, they sent us home with four rugs to lay in the space and look at. We liked this one for the bedroom (a celtic knot design, with lots of gold and burgundy),
and this one for the piano room, which is mostly browns and golds. We wish you could have been here to help us select: these are some high quality rugs that will likely be handed down to you.
So the upstairs is making progress. Still need to paint and floor the piano room, install a few new lights, paint the guest bathroom, paint the doors and jambs and figure out countertops in the kitchen and maybe the baths.
We are also designing the basement. All of this has been a bit nerve-wracking and expensive, but we are really building our retirement home, and we are not going into debt for it, so on we march.
Speaking of March, out our front door spring is happening.
And, apropos of nothing, here is one of our favorite pictures from Christmas.
