Bathroom in Progress

The half bath is getting close to being done! First, a big THANK YOU to Dale and Jan for coming a few weekends ago to help us with this! Needless to say, it wouldn't have gotten done without them (or some contractors)! We painted - took 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint - all no-VOC, which really did have less odor. The color is called "sagey" and is a pale green - almost looks white without the light on (which is what I wanted). We also got the new dual-flush toilet in, got the new sink in, got the new faucet on the new sink, and put up the towel hook and the toilet paper holder. We still need to:

• find a new light fixture
• install said light fixture
• in the interim of finding a light fixture, Jeff has acquiesced to my desire to try spraypainting the current light fixture - look for results after the weekend
  
• replace light switches and outlets*
• put on switchplate covers

*We discovered during the tear-down/out phase that the POs had glued (yes, glued) the old outlet cover onto the wall. We realized that they must have done this because they had broken off the screw inside the outlet box which holds up the outlet cover. So, we have to replace the outlet box. While we're at it, we're also going to replace the light switches, so that everything is white and matchy-matchy. I was surprised today to find out how expensive this stuff can be at Lowes! Wish Jeff and I luck as we venture into minor electrical work this weekend.

The results thus far...


The following picture is notable mostly for the lack of towel bars/shelves/etc in comparison to the before photo.


While Jan and Dale were here we also upgraded the closet right next to the half bath. It used to be pink (with some yellow near the ceiling, we discovered). Now it's a nice white. And now we have some great shelves in half of it so that we have a linen closet (of sorts)....