I finally fell asleep sometime between 4:20 and 5:00, only to be awakened by Rick bounding out of bed -- after a good night's sleep, I presume -- to start yet another day. He actually did not start with the remodel since today was his day to get allergy shots. He left by 7:30 and stopped at his favorite store, Home Depot, before coming back home.
Rick called Finish Line Floors to see if we could get a bid on how much polishing the floor in the bathroom would cost. We need to "erase" some of the lines where the old walls and the bathtub once stood. We received a call back, and someone will come out tomorrow or Friday to look at what we want done.
Since Rick cannot do any heavy physical activity for a few hours after his shots, we decided to visit some granite dealers to see what might be available for our vanity top. Not-so-great experience with the granite in our kitchen made us take a sample of the kitchen countertop with us so we could somewhat find something that would go well with the terrazzo floor.
Our first stop was at A+ Design Center where we had gotten a countertop for our laundry sink a couple of years ago. They just moved into their new facility two weeks ago, so their showroom was in the process of still getting set up and their inventory of slabs was only half there. We did have a very young, energetic sales woman who seemed to be part of the family that owns the business, so she showed us some remnants since we certainly do not need a full slab to do a small bathroom vanity.
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| The slab of granite that we chose for the vanity has some of the same colors as the granite in the kitchen, yet it is unique. |
We actually found a piece that both of us liked, and by comparing it to the kitchen sample, we think that it will blend well with the terrazzo floor. We ordered the slab with the idea that having someone come out to measure the exact dimensions would have to wait until we had drywall up and the vanity back into the actual room. We also did not have the sink yet, although that did come in this afternoon.
Once we ordered the vanity top and backsplash, we discussed getting a small piece of quartz for the windowsill. They actually have samples that almost are identical to the sill that we had to remove, so we found a piece of that which we can use, too.
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| Another view of the granite choice. |
What a relief! I hate picking out granite, but we found what we were looking for at our first stop, and we found what will work for the windowsill, also. Progress is wonderful!
We had a quick lunch at Arby's and then returned home to start our work for the day. Rick took the grinder and cut around the window to remove the excess plaster and to bring the window down to what will be the finished depth of the wall.
Then he cut around the top of the room to have a clean finish between the walls and the ceiling. Doing that will make cutting and placing drywall tomorrow much easier.
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| With the sill chipped away, we have a flat surface on which to add the new quartz sill. |
His final job was to remove the old windowsill so we can rebuild a surface on which to add the new quarts sill when it is cut to size. We are excited to have the sill replaced with material that will match the existing sills in the house.
Tonight, after dinner, we will once again travel to Home Depot because we got emails today that the sink, sink faucet, shower valve, toilet paper holder, and towel bars are all in and ready for pick up.
The bathroom is coming together, and we are still hanging in there with the budget. The demolition part of the project is complete. Now we can start to rebuild the space into the modern bathroom Gladys deserves.
If I can just keep the bears out of the bedroom, all will go well tonight.
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