One white hex tile

On Monday, I drove to the hardware store to pick up the tile. It actually arrived as promised!

A couple of days ago, the bathroom tile was finished, and the toilet and sink were installed. The new crescent shower curtain rod was installed. At one point, the tile specialist came out to talk to me while I was working at the computer and told me that he was finished. I thought that he meant he was done for the day. I called my husband to tell him, thinking that we would be lucky to get the bathroom back in order by the weekend. This was not the case. This group actually works 8 hour days. Within about 1 hour there were 3 more guys working on the installations. By the time I came back from picking up the kids at school, they were almost finished. They asked for the remaining payment but I asked if they could come back the next day. I wanted my husband to see if there was anything I missed. He was extremely surprised to see the progress. And then just before we turned in for the night, he found a 1-inch white hex tile that was spun out of place within the platinum grout. I couldn't believe it. How was I going to tell the guys that this had to be done before they could get their money? But it was not a problem. The guy in charge came over to take a look and within minutes he was finished. What a relief.

What's left? New lighting fixtures, a new coat of paint on the walls and ceiling and a new vanity top. We have a plastic resin top right now that has to go. It doesn't look bad, but it's totally out of place. We'll probably search for a polished piece of black granite. Since the wall next to the sink wasn't squared off to fit a cabinet, we're going to have to have it custom cut for the space. What this bathroom really needs is a big pedestal sink, but then where would I put all of my stuff?

We also need to buy some towels. My husband brought home some lovely black tweed towels that looked good in the catalog, but not in person. Plan B is to go with a light green towel, but I think we're going to have to go to the store to see the selection in person. Shopping at large department stores -- with the kids -- oh that will be fun -- and the crowds....can't wait.