Chris and Steve worked all last week on the bathroom. I have to say that for a project that I came up with, I have done very little actual work. This bathroom is the handiwork of the two guys – and they have done, and are doing, a marvelous job!

Once the plywood floor was in, they started on the walls. The space for the new medicine cabinet had to be framed in…

All of the electrical boxes had to be replaced, and moved. There was new wiring involved. We are going to have to have an electrician come out this week to deal with the old mess of wires in the attic. Neither Steve nor Chris likes the look of what's there.

They framed out the enclosure for the tub and put it in. This is a fiberglass tub and surround unit that has a nice, solid feel. It's going to be easy to maintain. They got this far and remembered that they needed to put insulation in the walls. They took it out, added insulation, and went from there.

They put in a SolaTube. We have 3 in our house and love them. This bathroom is in the middle of Chris and Lorna's house and it has forever been too dark. Not anymore! Here is the room, lit by the sun…

After installing the faucet and shower head in the tub and shower, they put up sheetrock.

Chris tiled the floor. I did help a little with this part. The tiles needed to be cut precisely at the edge of the tub. Our tile cutter couldn't do it so I took them to Lowe's to have them cut. Did you know that they will cut tile? They will.

My job was to spread the mastic, then Chris laid the tile. It took less than an hour. This is the same tile that he put down in Elanor's smaller bathroom.

Chris grouted the tile Saturday.

Chris is now on his way, with 3 other grad students, to Taos for a writing conference. Steve is back at work on the new towel closet. It used to open into the bathroom from behind the door, behind the shower. Now it's going to open into the hallway. He's also taping and bedding the sheetrock. In a day or two I will be painting. Maybe this project will be finished by the end of the week!