The Final Touches

As I mentioned in the beginning, we actually completed the entire bathroom in about two weeks. It only took one weekend to install the shower not including the steam unit. I wish I were as expedient in my blogging! ☺

So here we are in the final stretch. The next item on the agenda is to paint. We prefer Dunn-Edwards paint (http://www.dunnedwards.com/) because it needs less coats and lasts longer. We may pay a little extra but it's worth it in the long run. We washed the walls with good old fashioned TSP plus a little bleach where we suspected mildrew and since this is a bathroom, we included a coat of Kilz Latex Stainblocker (http://www.kilz.com/). The base coat for the walls was "Jakarta" with a "Garnet Evening" border. We kept the ceiling white to lighten up the room.

We picked up our molding  in the raw from Ganahl Lumber (http://www.ganahllumber.com/) then took a color swatch (from our new Ahqua Chateau vanity) to Vista Paint (http://www.vistapaint.com/) where they matched the stain for us. We applied the stain, let it dry, lots of measuring and cutting, then using our handy, dandy nail gun, up went the crown molding, baseboards and trim.

Now it's time to replace the missing tiles (from removing the old vanity). Unfortunately, we didn't have the foresight to save a few extra tiles when we installed the floor a few years ago. They will still have the vanity over them but since the new vanity doesn't reach the floor (clawfoot), we need something close in color and texture. We couldn't get a perfect match but unless you're crawling on our bathroom floor (heaven forbid) you probably won't notice the difference!

We also replaced the plumbing hardware just to be safe. The house was built in 1989 and it had never been replaced. Seemed like a good time to do it.



Finally we can get back to the shower. The only thing left is to place the glass piece above the doors to keep the steam where it belongs! As you can see we just needed a piece of glass with trim to match the shower. 

We attached the clear rubber edging that was included with the shower kit (to keep the water and steam on the inside of the shower) to the exposed edges.

I've always wanted a sit-down vanity. I looked for just the right one and finally found it from Poundex...the Queen Ann Vanity Set and it was perfect!

We'll I thought I was almost done blogging but with all of these little extra touches, I think I should finish on my next post instead of this one.  See you soon!