Tiles Away!

Progress on the two bathrooms is being made now that we have our rough inspection approval. This means that both bathrooms are now completely outfitted in matched tones of teal and green drywall. (It reminds Lara of work, actually, since teal is the o.b.® brand color and green is everyone's favorite color). Next week we are expecting the delivery of all sorts of exciting items—toilets, subfloor membrane, and wood flooring! But what we are really hoping to see, is the tile work in action. Until then, we've placed the tiles so you can check 'em out in advance. The pictures above show the following: marble flooring (which will be set on the diagonal) with Lucian Glass subway tile from Ann Sacks, and Adagio Grey Limestone floor (to be set in Herringbone) with vertically stacked, matte white subway tile.

Floor Plan Update

We recently received updated floor plans for our bathrooms, so we thought you might be interested in seeing them as well. I mean, we're asking you to vote on the fixtures, so you may as well get an idea of the room that they're going in. We're also re-posting the overall floor plan, for those of you who didn't see it earlier (or perhaps have forgotten by now). These drawings were created by our wonderful architects at formactiv.

OUT of the Rough

Yesterday we received the good news that we passed our rough inspection. Mind you, this was by default since the inspector did not show up to inspect. Apparently this happens about 75% of the time. Regardless, we are happy to be out of the rough and to begin work tiling. Look for pictures soon (we hope).

Best of a Bad Bunch

We have narrowed down our bathroom sconce options to the three above. From left to right, we have a modern looking light, then in the middle we have something that seems to bridge modern and traditional, and on the far right a retro-style sconce. While we price these out (because unfortunately cost does matter), tell us which you like best.

What type of bathroom sconce should we get?
	modern
	modern-traditional fusion
	retro
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Almost Out of the Rough

Most of our guest bathroom is now covered with the water-resistant drywall—getting ready for tiling season. The rough is almost completely covered except for the parts that will peek through the wall for the trim to attach to. You can also see that the window ledge will make a useful shelf, as demonstrated by the soap bottle currently there.

Farmhouse Sink (confirmed)

Today we officially placed our order for the farmhouse sink that will go in our kitchen. We had originally posted our thoughts on having a farmhouse sink back in March, so it's nice to see that it made the cut in the end (not that we ever had any doubts). The kitchen itself should arrive mid-October (only a few weeks away), so we hope to have the sink in place by the end of the month. Cross your fingers and toes.

In the Rough

This past week a fair amount of work was done on the plumbing rough—so much so that our contractor, Lew, has decided it's time to call in for our "rough inspection". For those of you not in the know, the "rough" is the piping that happens behind the walls. What you see (the faucets, the Hot and Cold knobs) is called the "trim". As we have already found out, the rough is what costs so much—especially for the thermostatic shower controls. The thermostatic valve is what controls the Hot versus Cold water in your shower. ANYWAY, enough with the plumbing lesson and back to the rough inspection. This is when some person who oversees plumbing (presumably for the city) comes to check your plumbing roughing to see if it meets requirements. If you pass, then you can move on to covering up the roughing, and put walls up over all the pipes. Then fun really starts—TILING! And since all our tiles have already arrived, they are lying in wait...