Bath/Bed 1 completely finished!

During our October 2009 trip, we bought a vanity from EPA (sort of like Home Depot). Color was wrong, but it was built and the one that was supposed to be being build btw July and Oct never happened. So this was a way to keep moving forward.

We bought stain to color it from the red it was, to the 'oscuro' of our mirror. We bought plywood at Ferriteria Garyba and a small amount of teak from Rob to use as edging.

We bought the faucet and vessel sink and tile well over a year ago when we thought all this would go faster. But timing has been exactly as it needed to be.

During the Oct trip, we put together the plywood substrate, and then tiled the top with our stone tile (rock, cut to uniform thickness, tumbled to be rounded again, and mounted on a mesh).

Dick stained the cabinet darker, Jim did the tiling, and then we joined it all, connected the plumbing, and now have a sink in the upper bathroom. We probably will do different solutions below as the sink is a little tall. Shorter people than us would have a problem.



However, we think it all came together nicely with the top edge of the countertop hitting the bottom edge of the color strip we had Nelson put in when he tiled the bathroom.

This view of the bedroom shows the dual cell pleated shade we added to the bedroom. We discovered this need when the streetlight was still functioning, and it managed to shine perfectly between the foliage. And you can see the blue drape we added to allow us (me) to close to block out daylight and inside light when only one is still sleeping.

You can also see the thin quilted spread we added which brings some nice color to the room, but isn't overpowering. Has turned out to be a comfortable place to sleep.

Anyway, that's all for this little post, many to follow....

Dick and Jim.