Master Bath Progress Week of August 7

Y'all I was hoping this bathroom renovation wouldn't take this long, but we are now going into week seven. I have been so over the dust and grit all over that pink paper we put down on the floors. So after the tile guys left yesterday I pulled it all up.....every stinkin bit of it! Then I vacuumed, dusted, and mopped and it was like I could suddenly breathe again. Yes, more dust and mess is yet to come, but not as much as there has been. We need to put down fresh paper anyway when the next round starts. The tile guys were here all week and they tiled the shower and the floor. They will come back to do the wall over the vanity once that is installed with the counter top. We haven't even talked to a stone place yet for the counter. We will get on that next week. We also need the shower glass guy to come back for the final measurements. The carpenters are bringing the vanity base tomorrow and I guess they will start doing the rest of the trim work around the tub, doors and window soon. We don't even know if the custom window is ready yet. Anyway as this project drags on here is how the progress went last week. 

On Monday the tile guys did the prep work. They installed the Durock and formed the shower floor. They finished around 3:30 since this had to dry. 

The shower floor having to be formed is the main reason Mr. Savvy didn't take on the tile job himself. Lordy, it would have taken him weeks to do this. I'm so glad he realized it was too big of a job for him.

On Tuesday this much tile was installed. The red is waterproofing they brushed on first.

Talk about a strong odor.

Wednesday all the subway tile was finished.

Thursday they didn't show up until 2:30, but stayed until they had the mosaic tile done on the wall, niche and shower floor.

Friday the floor started going down. They worked from 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 

And Saturday it all got grouted. I am so thrilled with how the floor turned out. My hardest decision was the grout color for the shower and the floor, but they are both perfect. The grout is still wet here and will dry a bit lighter even though I do love it dark.

I chose the color biscuit by Mapei grout for the shower tiles and Mocha for the floor.

I hope I will have much better photos using the real camera instead of the phone for the reveal.

Love the shower floor with the biscuit colored grout. I didn't want white and this color gives just the right contrast between all the tile colors.

Y'all I am over the moon with how the bathroom is coming together. I wasn't sure I could pull this off myself with my choices, but so far so good!