WC Remodel - 4

I was finally able to make some progress on the bathroom this weekend. It's really starting to take shape! Here's some pics...

The door is finally hung. I had to remount the hinges onto the other side of the door. While I was at it, I stripped the 10 layers of paint off those hinges - they look like brushed nickel now. I wish they could stay that way! Now I have to reverse the latch and move the catch to the proper height so it will stay closed.

I really, really wanted to show off these lights turned ON! I got all the lighting and electrical done and was ready to connect it all - only to discover I had the wrong breaker. What a dud. Lights should be functional tomorrow. We went ahead and hung the mirror to get the look going. The brown still has to be painted as does the beadboard.

In case you hadn't seen it, this was what the corner from the mirror picture above looked like before we started. Big improvement!

I was able to get beadboard up as well since the last post. I've been waiting on the plumber to do the shower, so I'm hoping the edge of the beadboard matches the edge of the shower. We'll see...

The vanity and sink are mocked up, but not installed. I want to lay the tile first and then mount the vanity to gain a little extra height. Every 1/4" helps, you know. As you can tell, it was a tight fit for the 49" vanity top. I'm not sure it will come out. I got the hardware on the vanity as well. Question here - should the hardware for the vanity and cabinets all match? I vote yes, Jill votes no. What do you think???

This is beadboard on the commode corner. You can see my biggest mistake of the weekend at the bottom left of the light switch box. It's impossible to know where the studs are in this house because of the thickness of the wood behind the sheetrock and wouldn't you know it - there was a stud right where I drilled for the corner of the box. I drilled and drilled and never broke through - this is a bad sign. Sure enough, I was square on the stud and had to move over. I guess a little patchwork will fix this easily enough. Next time, I'll be sure to drill a small test hole!

This is the ceiling above the shower and commode. I put in recessed lighting and I hope it works OK. I think I'm finally done with crawling around in the attic of this house doing wiring! YEAH!

Next time...

The plumber comes this week to install the shower and toilet.

Tile will get laid.

Caulking will be done.

Painting and finish work will commence!

Stay tuned!