Monday

 

We lounged around during the weekend, getting a bit fatigued with sandwiches and knowing we had a 3-week wait ahead of us. We curled up and watched "Good Grief" on Netflix, a Dan Levy film, in which he also stars, on dealing with the unexpected death of his husband. It was both funny and sad. The movie takes place in London and Paris, so there were lots of beautiful scenes. Toby just collapsed on top of me and dozed off. 

I did some touch up painting and later discovered this photograph by our friend Laura Drey from Durham. 

It's a photo of leaves and ferns, and I think it looks great here in the sunroom.

I found it in the linen closet as I went exploring what was under the garden tub in the primary bathroom. There's a trap door in the linen closet to access underneath.  There are copper pipes for cold and hot water and a pump for the tub. The floor is piled high with concrete which was shoved under the tub for support. 

Lots of hoses and construction debris. It's like a 35 year old time capsule. I was curious to see what would be involved in removing the tub. It looks messy, and I'm glad I'm not going to have to do it.

We got good news this afternoon. The construction owner's son came by to hook up our washer and dryer. I helped him wrangle them in place. We are so happy to have them back in service. We went 40 days without them! 

John is busy catching up. I'll be busy soon folding and putting away.

The other good news is that the electricians are caught up and looking for work, so they will come tomorrow and install the microwave, refrigerator, and switches, maybe even the ceiling fans. They will have to come back for the dishwasher, disposal, and range because the countertop needs to be in place before they can be installed and connected. They usually wait and do everything at the same time, but with a lull, they don't mind doing partial work. Lucky us. The owner's son said that our project has been easy and straightforward without any major issues. He says they almost always have issues to work through. Fingers crossed that we don't have any going forward.

I started looking at bathroom remodels to get ideas for our renovation, and I started folders on my computer of things I liked: shower fixtures, tubs, sinks, faucets, mirrors, and floor tile. I'm hoping our designer will inspire us because I don't have a clear vision for the bathroom like I had for the kitchen. We'll probably be meeting with her this week to review her plans.

I think this tub is cool, or something similar. We will need a free-standing tub for our space.

Possible faucet

Another possibility.

I like this sink because of the way it curves on the bottom. Undercount is mandatory because we are very messy. I suppose we'll use quartz for the countertop, something close to white, perhaps like the kitchen countertop.

One thing we've seen as we tour open houses are these lighted mirrors. I've never wanted one, but if they are going to have to destroy the wall anyway to remove the tile and do electrical work, etc., maybe they would be nice. What do you think?

Most of them operate by a wave of the hand, some have a night light. All of them are LED. Our designer said it's nice to have light coming from the side, not just from above. (Currently, we have recessed can lights, but they will likely get replaced to match the LED lights they plan to install in place of the kitchen can lights.) I'd like to not have the plate glass that we have now that goes all the way to the countertop because it is always dirty with water drops and drips. It would be nice to have some tile above the countertop as in the picture above. We'd also like the counters to be taller to make it easier to bend over the sink. We're not as flexible in our old age.

We're not sure about shower heads, but this is what we do know: We need one that is adjustable for John's height and mine, and we like having the shower head to detach from the holster so that we can use it to clean the shower walls and to bathe Toby. This one will do all that. 

Playing around with our new toys.

Trash and recycle bin

What do you think? We're open to suggestions.