.....and closer yet....

Last week, Jessica worked on grouting the bathroom; this took a couple days what with other things interfering, like going to work. Once the weekend got here, we managed to get a few more things done in the bathroom. We had to scrape grout from the edges of the tiles to make the grout lines cleaner and more distinct, and that was extremely difficult and exhausting. We finally discovered that green brillo pads work great! After working late into Friday night (read: 1:00 a.m.), Saturday consisted of sealing the grout, waiting for it to dry so we could walk on it, and then installing a few more pieces.

At this point (Monday night), all we have left is to caulk various places in the bathroom, install the shower curtain rod, and install the remaining 2 pieces of baseboard molding and one side of the door molding. While David works on those items, Jessica has been working on clearing out the materials and tools from the bedroom so that we can move back in ASAP. We are thrilled to be SO CLOSE to the end!!

Nice new mirrors are installed.

A beautiful tiled backsplash waiting for grout.

The vanity doors are now finished with their own handles.

Grout haze covers the tile as Jessica wraps up a second day of grouting (hence the two-toned grout; dark=still wet).

Ooh - shiny, cleaned, scrubbed, sealed tile! All that hard work definitely paid off!

David getting ready to install the toilet.

Same toilet as before, but with a new lever that matches the brushed nickel hardware in the rest of the room.