Bathroom Renovation - Week 4

So Andreas the tiler finally finished on Wednesday and even the plasterer said he'd done a great job. The delay was all due to waiting for cement and waterproofing to dry and there was no way we could have done it faster - tiling took about 9 days in total. The easy niche looks really good with the aluminium border. Andreas just had enough of the "urban green tea" wall tiles which was lucky as we bought all that were available at the end of the line. Steve spent hours deciding how to arrange the feature glass tiles and eventually settled on this arrangement. It reminds me of toothpaste.... The plasterer then came in. His job is to plaster up the lines between the gib board and the nail holes. Damon was a cheerful chap who was a bit nocturnal, showing up about 5pm to start work. He was pretty reliable though which is the main thing. He finished on Saturday at lunchtime and we then moved on to painting. We decided to paint now as it is much easier before the bathroom fittings are installed.

So mid way through the painting, the base coat is on, and we're onto the top coats. That's me getting more paint off to the right.

We'd chosen to use the colour of the wall tiles for a couple of walls and the red from the glass tiles for one wall and the ceiling. A brave choice, but we think it works....

This is an old chair I bought and repainted the colour of the other glass tile. Mum and Dad had the seat re-upholstered. Eventually this will be where you leave your clothes when you have a shower.

Finished paint job! It looks better in natural light, and as you can see, we are still waiting for our electrics.

We have the plumber lined up for Wednesday. With any luck this weekend will be the final one without shower, toilet etc. It will be four weeks since we started on Tuesday and we are getting quite fed up of living in a construction site. But I'm not counting on it!