Progress on the new shower

On Monday, the shower looked like this:

After our photos on Wednesday, Ronnie had finished planing the framing on the window wall, added additional framing around the window and did some drywall repair. Then he installed and sealed this backing, which is a new type since the original bathrooms were put in in April, 2008.

We took some photos during the prep phase we'll save for ourselves, but here are two versions of the finished tile work.  This first in natural light which doesn't convey the colors very well:

So then I took this one is with the room lights on.  It's probably not all that accurate either, but you can see the results of our designers' input to the process, which we did not have the benefit of the first time around.

The floor mosaic was picked to coordinate with the granite on the sink (you can see a little of it in the last post.) Ronnie is a perfectionist and does not like stone mosaics on backing mesh sheets because he can see the lines where the "tiles" connect. So he removed all the stones from their backing, and placed them individually.  In the process, he removed some that had rougher edges.

 

Next week the plumber will be back to put our new fixtures in and the glass will be reinstalled.  But before the glass goes in, the painter will be trying to get the bathroom repainted so his guys can just throw their ladders up on our high wall.

Meanwhile, the upstairs cats are trying to catch up on some much-needed sleep. 

Lilly is very wary of strangers, especially men.  By early this week, she would check on Ronnie's work while he was in the garage then scurry to safety again. But she let him pet her a couple of times in the last two days.

 Lu is not fearful, but it was his job to sit at the kitchen bar stools where he could watch all day while Ronnie came and went via either the stairs or elevator.  He was exhausted and worn down last night. 

Ronnie has a female cat that looks just like Lu, so he didn't seem to mind Lu's supervision.