Doug's photo blog — originally a photo a day, now not so much
Two window posts in a row! Such is progress in these things. This window in the Green Bathroom is moving to the right, but is delayed: the building inspector is requiring tempered glass so it had to be reordered. But we need to make progress. So the opening is rough framed to allow drywall to proceed. And the outside is being left alone for now because we’re having Second March here in April and it’s cold out.
Aside from a usable (leaning toward luxurious) shower, the change I am most looking forward to in our new primary-suite bathroom is a window for some fresh air and natural light. The guys did the rough framing for it today and I’m unreasonably happy to see it.
The icemaker in our fridge suddenly started leaking water into the ice bucket rather than making nice cubes (well, crescents). I decided to take it out to see if there’s an easy fix prior to ordering a new unit. Well sure enough, the funnel on the end that accepts the incoming water is clogged with ice. Once it thaws I can reinstall it and we should be back in business.
Here is the marble console sink top for our once-and-future green bathroom.
I never thought I would be this excited to see concrete backer board. And a tub.
We think our bathroom was last renovated in the early 1980s, so when Tony needed to tell Fran he’d gone out to get lumber, he couldn’t just text her, had to leave a note — a note preserved as a mini time capsule until the current renovation.
Some of our tile choices for the two bathrooms.
We have referred to the main bathroom on our 2nd floor as the “green bathroom” because it was so green when we moved in it was etched upon our minds. It has been yellow for almost 15 years now, but we’re leaning back in to green with this renovation.
For our own primary suite bathroom we’re aiming for a calm, spa-like feel.
Our contractor intended to do a quick swap of the old tub for the new one today. But the previous re-muddle left such a mess he’s going to have to rebuild more before putting it back together. The worst is that what remains of this floor joist would be what’s supporting a tub full of water.
Why would a gas stove’s flame be yellow (tending toward orange in this photo)? It could be an improper air-fuel mixture. It could be something spooky or evil. Or, it could be the emission spectrum of sodium from someone using a saline nebulizer next to the stove.
From the wear pattern on the wood floor that was under the tiles in our old bathroom, it’s clear this was the finished floor at one time. Just fir boards with varnish.
