It's Starting to Come Together

The new marble shower

The new countertop

New paint and light fixture

We still are waiting on the floor to be installed, trim to be painted and reinstalled and then, I think we are pretty much done. We are waiting on hanging the mirror. Trying to decide if we want a different one or the same one we have. It really is going to be pretty (in my opinion) when it gets done. More pictures to follow.

Priming the Walls and Ceiling!

It's all finally coming together. The ceiling was sprayed on March 10th, so James began to prime it today. He is also priming the walls for paint. We are waiting right now for the guy to come measure the floor. Still no shower. It is expected to be put in on Tuesday of next week. So, we decided to go ahead and get the walls primed and painted and the ceiling primed and painted. I have this vision for this bathroom, but it may not turn out as I want it to...LOL. Nothing ever does. James is nervous as he is standing in the tub to prime the walls. Our contractor told us that dropping shampoo bottles or just standing (like he is in the tub) is enough to crack the acrylic. Believe me when I say these little cracks add up to big money.

More Bathroom Renovation Pics

Everything draped for the ceiling to be scraped.

Mud and tape on the new ceiling.

The same

Where the new shower is going to be. We have a new base and waterproof drywall at this time. Still no shower!

For about 5 days we were down to one bathroom. Everything was draped in the master bath so you couldn't even go in to use the toilet. I hated getting up at night and going across the house...LOL. It is not fun sharing one bath with 3 guys.

Landon

Landon at the district 3 office in Iva. This is his award for scoring Advanced in all areas of PACT.

Bathroom Renovation

I just hate this light bar.

The floor. Why did we pick white?

Here is the cause of most of our problems, the fan.

This is black mold. No, we aren't dirty, our fan had been improperly installed eleven years ago. This is what happens over time.

The shower before it was ripped out. I wish I had taken a picture of the crack that was in the base of the shower that James tried to fix. He did a pretty good job though seeing how we didn't have to get a new subfloor.

Recipe of the Week

Time for grilling out and here is a great recipe for baked potatoes. Got this from Food Network's Guy Fiere.

Bomb Bakers

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups kosher salt
• 6 medium russet potatoes, washed
• 2 tablespoons garlic salt
• 2 tablespoons seasoned salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Horseradish Sour Cream, recipe follows

Directions

In large mixing bowl dissolve 1 cup kosher salt in 8 cups of water. Add potatoes. Insure that all potatoes are submerged, and brine for 2 to 8 hours.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Remove the potatoes from brine and liberally coat with the remaining kosher salt, garlic salt, seasoned salt, and pepper.

Place the potatoes on a wire rack in the center of the oven and bake for 45 minutes. Do not puncture skin with tongs, fork, or tooth picks. Potatoes will be soft to the touch when done.

Let potatoes rest 5 minutes before cutting.