Day 4 & 5 - 9/11-9/12/2010

This was a  weekend so nothing happened on the primary project. 

The plastic barriers however were a bit of a nuisance.  Having to pass through those is a pain and they really did not hold up very well to our abuse.  The two primary zippered barriers both became a bit loose, especially the one that is next to the A/C return vent.  The suction from the vent pretty much pulled a lot of it loose.  Then a barrier in the living room was no problem for the pets as they found a little space between the barrier and the wall and proceeded to make it a primary pathway.  Needlessly to say, Andy had to reinforce the plastic with extra tape, which will likely become a regular task.

Of course, being the weekend we worked on the secondary project, the master bath. 

Friday night, we looked at bathroom mirrors at Garden Ridge and found absolutely nothing we liked.  So, just for grins we checked on Overstock.com and actually found a really nice frameless mirror with some simple etching as a border.  So, we ordered two of those.

Saturday we went to IKEA and purchased kitchen base cabinets that will become the vanities.  We even found a nice granite that worked really well with our colors, but there was a minimum order of 30 sq ft and we needed nowhere near that much.  So, the search for vanity counter top is still underway.  We also purchased a lot of the bathroom accoutrements while at IKEA.  $$ kaching $$

Andy assembled the cabinets for the bathroom and started installation on Monica's side.  That was not without challenges.  Taking out the old vanity was not really much of a challenge.  However, the new sink base cabinet did not quite fit through the bathroom door.  Andy had to remove the doors and one piece of door trim before the base cabinet would barely squeeze in.  Live and learn... measure the doors to pass through before assembly. Doh!!!

With the base cabinets installed, Andy and Courts set the old counter top up to be used temporarily.  Unfortunately, the water supply and drainage plumbing did not quite work since the new counter is higher than the old one.  So, a trip to the hardware store is on for Monday.

Monica's vanity partially installed. Notice how much deeper the new vanity is compared to the old counter top.

Andy's vanity and above-toilet storage still in the staging area.