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Bathroom Planning, Again

February 7, 2013
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Whenever I set my project goals for the year I often seem to find a way to make them a reality. I’m hoping that might be the case this year for the first floor bathroom. Every time I mention the first floor bathroom I feel like I have to point out that the previous owner [...]

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Yes, We’re Still in the Bathroom

October 2, 2009
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You may be wondering when it will ever end — when will they just finish their frickin’ bathroom and move on with their lives? By this time next week, we hope to do just that. But for now, we’re still in the grout stage. This photo was taken earlier this week with just the back [...]

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Mojave Monday

September 23, 2009
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We received word that our master bathroom cabinets are ready to be delivered! While very exciting, it also puts us under the gun to finish tiling. The contractor was already bugging us to finish, so it’s just as well that we got an extra nudge. On Sunday we finished the shower interior, including the shower [...]

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Chiseling Away At It

September 17, 2009

For the past couple of days we’ve been working on the bathroom for a few hours after work, and that helps a little. The tile job will be far from perfect, but overall I think it’s looking pretty good. We had a couple of snafus, one of which was the level of the floor tile [...]

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Tiling, Staging and Timing

September 15, 2009

The master bathroom tiling is dragging on. And on. I really want it to be over with. The contractor occasionally hounds me about it because he wants to do the finish work on the plumbing so he can get a final payment (although apparently he just realized yesterday that the plumber he sub-contracted didn’t include [...]

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Maybe Before Winter?

September 9, 2009
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It has been a month and a half since the contractors left and we’ve taken over on the attic remodel. While they worked diligently every day, everything came to a screeching halt once they left. Reality set in. We’re on DIY time, baby. Of course, I would love nothing more than to be able to [...]

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Look, We’re Tiling!

September 2, 2009
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The long quest to move the master bedroom to the newly renovated attic space got a little shorter last weekend when we finally had some time and all the materials needed to start tiling the master bathroom. I say “start” because we’re a long way from finishing. As with any DIY project, we didn’t get [...]

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The Great Tile Debate

August 27, 2009
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After multiple trips to Tile Outlet (a great discount tile source if you’re in the Chicago area), additional trips to King of Tile (also a good place for deals but not as big) and Century Tile, we finally ended our quest for bathroom tile at The Tile Shop in Deerfield. At first I assumed that [...]

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Bathroom Break

June 12, 2008
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Now that it’s getting way too hot outside for my tastes, I’m thinking about my next project — one that’s been on the agenda for a while: the bathroom tile. Because the PO had the entire bathroom tiled, including the ceiling, we’re not going to be tearing it out anytime soon. (Yes, the ceiling too!!) [...]

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Backsplash Breakthrough

September 18, 2007
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While I was buying the paint for the kitchen, I mentioned my backsplash problem (Swedish flag blue and yellow using bathroom tiles) to the sales clerk. She steered me toward a water-based paint called Breakthrough!, made by Vanex Color, Inc. of downstate Mt. Vernon, IL. There is not much information on the web for this [...]

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