Day 17 of the Remodel

Today the contractors finished demolishing the bathroom and setting the tile in the kitchen.  Tomorrow they plan to grout and put the bottom cabinets in.  On Tuesday the granite company should be coming by template out the countertops.

Here is the kitchen facing the "Dining Room"

Here is the kitchen facing the sink area.  Note the terrible terrible realization that the previous owners painted over wallpaper.

Here is the toilet side of the small bathroom.

Here is the sink side of the small bathroom.  They put just enough tile in so that they can put the cabinets in tomorrow.

Updated Kitchen Design

After sitting down with our designer we changed some things and updated our design.  I also paid for my cabinets and 50% of the counter tops tonight.  Ouch, that was a large check.  The costs of the remodel are starting to become more real.  I can't wait till the work begins next Monday.  Next week the new wood flooring is getting installed.  After that there may be a week or two before the rest happens, I won't know that until we find out when the cabinets will be delivered.

Some partial designs for my kitchen and bath.

I got some designs from my contractor for my kitchen and bath.  These don't represent the final design, but it should be relatively close.   We are planning on removing the soffit above the sink, and probably moving the dishwasher into the peninsula.

Updated Bathroom

I recently spent 4 weeks renovating our bathroom. 2 weeks removing all the wallpaper, 1 week priming and painting all the walls blue. and another week installing all the new features, a new toilet, and rehabbing some of the existing features.

I wish I had more "before" and "after" photos. I guess until its completely finished I'll post some pics of the refinished lights. I took it down and spray painted them hammered silver.

Before:

After:

I also rehabbed the tall "full body" mirror.

Other Pics:

Thats right, I bought a japanese toilet! The Toto Ultramax: