It Started with a Sink

-a beautiful vessel sink to be precise that reminded me of the inside of an abalone shell with its soft aqua marine swirls.  I fell in love with it.  We knew a bathroom reno was in the cards when we had the budget.  And so the sink stayed in it's box.  It's been two years.  And now, the game is on.
Bathroom renovations being what they are, everything had to come out of course.

We started gathering up supplies - a new soaker tub, a new vanity and vanity top (still in the box) for the gorgeous sink to rest on, new taps both for the tub, shower, and sink, and we set to work first de-constructing, and then re-constructing the space.

  That's my contractor and best friend Gerry in the picture staring at the wall in front of the old tired tub. The tile work is my department and I have really been enjoying doing it. My tiling station is the dining room table.  I'm having a love affair with my tile cutter.  Who knew.  The green glass tiles were a find at the second hand store and they match the sink. The tile design is mine and is sort of ...ummm...organic.  See...everything is about the sink.  And the walls will be a pale shade of that aqua - banishing "tasteful" grey forever from my house and my life.

Everything was going along swimmingly until we hit the plumbing snag a couple of days ago.   We had the tub in, then out then in, then out again.  We had the hardiboard wall up over the shower and tap, then off again. Tiling came to a dead halt.  We had the water off, then on, then off again while we tried to find the pesky leak and solder the copper pipes together for once and all so we could install the lovely soaker tub that is still resting on its side in the hallway.

There is a look of frustration on that face isn't there?
And, time was being eaten up while we fought with this - time we really didn't have.  We had given ourselves a deadline that the project had to be completed by the 6th or 7th at the latest - that's a 10 day jo and that's all the time Gerry had to give me.  By yesterday the tub should have been in, the tiling finished, the old vanity out, and the new one in, complete with top and plumbing, the outdated medicine cabinet out, and the new mirror hung.  That was the plan and it was a good one - until the tub plumbing problems began and threw everything into a cocked hat.
Finally, last night we called for help, and help came in the form our our Rona angel, Gary who had sold us our supplies, and who volunteered to come over after his shift and fix our leaky problem.  So, here we all were at 10 p.m. last night, me running up and down the stairs turning the water on and off, and the guys on their knees in the tub enclosure soldering - except we couldn't stop the leak.   So...we will try again this afternoon with new pipe and solder joins.  Angel Gary has promised to come back with his tools and grim determination.  One way or another the tub is going in today. 
To be continued.....