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Renovations: Days 12 and 13

March 29, 2011, 11:01 am | By cheryl

Technically day 13 has not happened yet – its today, but they are not doing anything today so I’m going to write this post early because it’s just too exciting. This I morning woke up early (again) to stop by the apartment to check out the staining they did yesterday. Our contractor told us that [...]

Renovations: Days 10 and 11 (and this morning)

March 28, 2011, 12:35 pm | By cheryl

The floor guys came early this morning and sanded down a patch or floor to show me stain options. I chose the one on the far left ("ebony"). I thought it looked the most neutral and the most sophisticated.

This is one of my more fun updates, I think. Our bathroom finally looks like a bathroom again!! First of all, the contractor finished grouting and caulking. We picked out a black grout for dramatic contrast with the white tile. He also installed the shower fixtures, the sink, the toilet, the medicine cabinet, the mirror, [...]

Renovations: Days 8 and 9

March 23, 2011, 1:57 pm | By cheryl

All of the penny round floor tiles have been added!

More tiling!

Apparently the tile I chose is more labor intensive since it’s somewhat small in size. So that’s the main, time-consuming thing that has been happening for the past two day – affixing tile. We still have not gotten to the stage of grouting, but it was pretty exciting to see all of [...]