My new office.
before and almost after. 

Things done:
- foam wall paper border removed
- carpet and underlay removed, staples and nails removed
- walls painted, trim painted
- furniture removed
- blinds removed



Still needs:
- another coat of paint on the window sill
- base board quarter round trim
- new light fixture.
- ceiling painted
- patio door replaced
- frost window and install blackout shade

Details:
walls: Benjamin Moore Aura paint simply white in semi-glass (for durability). The expensive paint and glossiness covered deep burgundy in two coats!

trim: Benjamin Moore simple white in gloss

floor: refinished original wood, with minwax oil based (smelly) stain, 4 coats

Bathroom details

alot of this renovation is fixing details that the previous owners may have overlooked.
Today dad replaced the 1" thick door fame with a 3" door frame to match the rest in the house. He used fancy wood that's grooved at the back to avoid warping.

So now, when you look from the kitchen towards the bathroom, the door frames match.

I like that.

now the lights and the frames match throughout the kitchen and bathroom.

I really like that.

Also, the floor still looks good. yay.

 The window is now being framed in.
The old window had no frame, so the sill was only 1.5" wide. This is too narrow for a plant to sit on the window sill.

This is wrong, all windows should have the ability to have a plant on it. And all winds in the house have sills and frames, so I want them to be consistent.

Well, almost all the windows, the rest are on the list to be fixed, eventually.

The new bathroom window has a frame and a sill that is 3" wide.

The wood is also grooved to prevent warping and the front of the sill is straight and the back of the frame that touches the window,  is cut to accommodate the way the window was installed (crookedly).

There is also a detail where the tile is cut around the frame.
Like the frame has always been there. Nice.

The blank spot below the window is for the wood bottom of the sill.

Dad needs a planer to make that part and it is at his house, not at mine. It seems that the right equipment makes a good difference.

 

 This is the top line of tile. These "bullnose" tiles have a glazed white ceramic edge at the top.

So the edge will be glazed and finished, instead of just the side of a tile.

Trust me, it's fancy.

Why is Dad wiping his glasses?

It's because under that pail are the connections for the tub. While bending over to measure the wall and set the tile lines, the water line switch was opened and Dad  got hit in the face with water, which shot up to the ceiling.

That empty pail is now over the connections, so they won't get switched on.

Glad we used up the small container of tile glue first!

Luckily Dad had good humour about it!

After the fuss, we started the third wall.

The final wall is in the other post.

You might think that all I do is work, but I do have fun as well.

 Both Dad and I made wine this year. We both got wine from Magnotta. I got Festa red and Festa white to make. Today was the red taste test. Dad put his in a week after mine.

Dad mixed Festa red with granache juice.

His wine was smoother than mine and slightly darker in colour, but both were good.

Cheers!

The bathroom - in panorama & a question

The bathroom now needs another decision.

This panorama tries to show you the next question to be answered.

The back wall is tiled floor to ceiling.
The wall beside the window is tiled floor to ceiling.
The opposite wall is not, but should it be?
Should the two walls be symmetrical?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the bath tub would be closer to the back wall and the wall closest to the window, there will be a 20" gap between the other side wall and the tub. There will also be a free standing cupboard in front of the wall as well.
So will that part of the wall need to be tiled to the ceiling?

Floor is done, and the walls begin

This is what the floor looks like after grouting. I'm not sure if the grout is supposed to dry the lighter grey or the darker grey. In any case, it will be sealed in two weeks.
Which do you like?


I've practiced sealing grout on the kitchen, so I now know what to do when I seal the floor.

I like how they echo the direction of the wood in the rest of the house. They are also being used as baseboards in the bathroom.






Now that the floor is done, the wall tiling is beginning.

 
 That rag in the wall is covering the showerhead, so dad doesn't bonk his head on it.

Dad's been in this room with the glue too long I think. (Mom and I went to a Tafelmusick in Toronto and took the day off.

you can see the grey tile as a baseboard behind the cardboard at the bottom of the wall.








I am making a face, as dad is taking a picture instead of looking at how we're going to deal with the wall/ceiling gap. I am a stickler for tiling details.

Also, i'm standing on a chair.

Yes my toque is on inside out. That is so the hat is not wrecked when dad drops tile glue on my head.

This happened twice. eeeew.

The back wall of the bathroom is now tiled floor to ceiling.

The light is waterproof and recessed.


















The next wall.

Notice the way the staggering around the corner is done so that there is no "sliver" of tile and the pattern from the back wall is maintained.

Nice shot of the baseboards. 

The tiling will go up to the window, where a larger frame, and a wider sil is going in. What use is window ledge if it's too narrow to put a plant on it ?!?