Bathroom Renovation - COMPLETED Plus

It has been great fun having company and watching their faces as they go into the bathroom. The first surprise is that everything is off the shelf and yet, the bathroom is unique. Due to the wonderful design sense of handsome hubby contractor!! is helped to keep costs down -- but just as important it wasnt necessary to go custom. I just love using the shower, and putting make up on at the mirror with the funky frame and using the so cool vessel sink. Of course, now we want to the rest of the rooms on that floor. Over time we will. Our marriage survived just fine during construction. YEAH! It was good to talk out what we both wanted before we started the work and that we did some shopping early on -- as the tile we chose and the vanity/vessel sink shaped the course of the design of the bathroom. We had a budget in mind and kept careful watch. The two big things were the electrical issues -- that we decided to fix throughout the house (that added labor costs) and the damaged back wall of the house. We only fixed the part of the wall that was in the bathroom and we fixed it from the inside. So while that added cost to the project, not as much cost if we took off the siding in the back and repaired the whole wall from the outside, but we'll have to keep in mind that we may need to just that -- sooner rather than later.