Finishes

This is largely another photo blog. But in all our posting, we never shared the finishes that are now going into the place.

This first photo is of the main floor tile going on both first and second floors, and the steps. You've seen them at a distance since tiling started, but none so close up as this one. Still, colors aren't exactly true in this one, but at least show the detail and texture.

This next tile is a photo of that which will go on the bathroom walls, including the shower walls. We have two tile sizes, one larger, roughly 12x24 and these smaller 6x6 tiles.

This tile is for the shower floors (at least two of them). We may do something different in the third bathroom depending on how the supply lasts. During our last trip we decided to put a wainscoat of seven of these tiles behind the toilet and sink upstairs, and in the shower.

All of our lavatory sinks are the bowl on the countertop style. We have more than enough of this tile to do three counter tops, and still have some leftover. So potentially this will be the floor of bath #3 shower space. But the purchase was as table tops for our vanity. The tables will be steel (built by Gerardo) with white American Standard sinks and a very euro-looking Moen faucet mounted on the table deck.

All through Costa Rica are people who make baskets. So our intention is to have an upper towel glass shelf below the table, with a couple or three wicker basket "drawers" below those, and some free floor space below that. When the design moves beyond concept, will share that!

Our laundry will serve as the entry vestibule to the two lower bedroom suites. So we need it to have a clean finish, and to serve some utility beyond just being a laundry. The washer and dryer are energy efficient GE units that will go below a built in counter with tile on top and left side, and about 2" relief on front fascia.

In the center of this will be a stainless steel sink good for handwashing. We'll fashion a drying bar above so some things can be hung to dry, and others hung while taking out of the dryer.

We expect the counter to be deep enough to allow us to add some doors below to conceal the washer and dryer, along with plumbing of the sink; and to allow us to put a waste basket below for dryer lint... When we do this, we figure we'll build a similar item to obscure the water heater (which is small and handsome, but, still is a water heater). But initially these little finishes won't be in place...

So that's the start of our finishes.

thanks for reading!

Ricardo y Jeeeem