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Sorry it's been awhile since the last update, thing have been moving, but slowly.  

2nd Bathroom: 
Counter tops, plumbing, and hardware!
New shower backer, all ready to be tiled... as soon as the tile comes in. It was supposed to be in last week (sad face). 

The shower had drywall behind it before, but I feel a whole lot more comfortable with hardibacker wet area cement board. 
So it feel like things are really moving along... and then you realize you have a toilet in your hall.
This spawned an amazing quote from my good friend, SM: Life Lesson #679 courtesy of Cannon Renovation:
"Sometimes we just have to appreciate the positive and hope our crap ends up where it should..."


Master Bath:

we've got some materials in: master shower flooring
Shower detailing
I love, love, love our silver travertine counter tops! We got to go pick out our slab and I'm so glad we were picky, it looks great with the cabinets.  

Plumbing and hardware are in. 

Yeah, so maybe our faucets are LED. 



Master Vanity with hardware. Looking Good. 

Master shower got a bench!
Things look good... then you realize there is bathtub in your bedroom. 
 Master Closet Doors:
Bye bye sliding mirror doors, hello normal looking doors. 

They did a great job finishing the doors. 

Fun detail, this outlet was powering the whirlpool tub. Since they can't have a power outlet in the shower, what with the possibility of electrocution. They just flipped around and now we have an outlet in one of the closets.  
This was an  access port to the attic, it needed a new door. The previous home owner finished this out for us and it has a cool magnetic closure. 

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  1. Julie MarkhamAugust 1, 2017 at 7:05 PM

    Thank you for the picture of the hardibacker wet area cement board. Now I know what the latest is!

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  2. Julie MarkhamAugust 4, 2017 at 6:36 AM

    I re-read this post because there isn't a new one. LED lighting in the faucet. Ingenious. Are you installing LED lighting anywhere else in the house? I recently saw LED lights along a floor in a kitchen, under the cabinets, giving "under-counter lighting" an entirely new perspective. I'm just curious. You obviously have a great designer!

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