Yes, we are actually making progress. No, we're not done yet.
Since last I wrote, all the backerboard and sheetrock have been hung. The backerboard has been mortared in, and the sheetrock taped, mudded, and sanded. Tiling has begun on the north wall but it's very slow in coming along due to all the cuts that need to be made for the window, the corner shelves, the moisture vent, etc.
Mom and Dad came down to the Cities again after Christmas and we worked on the project some more. Dad installed the new drain and faucet into the bathtub and checked all the plumbing for leaks (of which there was only one, and amazingly in an easy place to get at to fix!). Andrew continues to tile. Dad filled in the crevices in the floor along the outside of the room where we had to chip out the old black ceramic tile (that's so there's a completely solid surface for putting in the floor tile). Mostly I painted. All the painting except for the wainscoting (which hasn't been installed yet) is done now except touch-ups and the door frame, which needs to be sanded down first as it's really beat up from the paint scraper. (All the painting means the ceiling, walls, crown moldings, and wainscot trim boards). Dad got the crown moldings put up, too, and they look really nice. The walls are a pale lemon yellow, which will add a little warmth to the otherwise straight black, white, and crome look of the room. It's finally starting to look like a room again, instead of just a junk hole!
The bad news, though, is about the toilet: the new one that we bought can't be installed without the door hitting it when it opens. Sigh. We made sure that the new toilet was shorter than the old one, but still because of a change in design between 80 years ago and today, most of the length is in front of the bolts, instead of in back of them. Which means that the new style sits too far out from the wall, and thus blocks the door from opening. The good news about the toilet is that we still have the old one, and in spite of our not having completely drained the water out, it didn't freeze in the garage and break! We may yet find a "compact" toilet model that will fit our space, but if we don't I guess the 80+ year-old one will have to go back in.
So, what's left to do? The big thing is to finish the ceramic tiles around the shower. Then we have to put in the new flooring (a mosaic of small black and white tiles). Once that's done, things will hopefully really start to move along. We can install and paint the wainscoting, reset the toilet, install the new vanity/sink/faucet, put in the two built-in cabinets, and install the new light fixture. Oh, and put up the towl bars and toilet paper holder. And call the bathtub refinisher to make our old cast iron bathtub look new again. And then we'll be pretty much finished. Just got to get that tiling done! Everything waits on the tiling.
Here are some more pics to illustrate:
The backerboard was installed.
Andrew taped and mudded the sheetrock.
Finished sheetrock.
Some progress on ceramic tiles in the shower.
The new toilet that doesn't fit.
The crown moldings.
Slowly, slowly we are making some progress on this project!
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