01.01.08
We have color! our semi-finished bathroom
So its been a while since our last update, and we’ve made HUGE progress!! The last update showed us in the process of tiling the shower. We finished up all the tiling adding the natural looking accent leaves border, adding a really nice built-in shelf as well as a few corner/soap shelves.
With Bela’s dad helping we jumped on the next major task- changing out the toilet. We opted for a super efficient toilet, which does the job most of the time and we can feel good about saving some water 
We were planning on having a few people over for new years so it really got me motivated. I decided we should jump into the painting so we could finish up a few other touches like the lights… so i started by priming the walls. We took a small break while my niece and nephew came to visit. But we were back on the mission after they went on to grandma’s house.
We had a hard time deciding on colors, but as we were checking out some other piece at home depot we happened upon a very cool paint finish- River Rock, a matte gritty finish – which of course was one of the most expensive ones we could find… but we both really liked it and decided to go for it. So we ended up with a “Coastal Sand” for the small side wall and the ceiling and then “Swamp Willow” (a muted blue) for the main walls. So within a 24 hour period we did all the painting, waking up early so we could get in both coats on new years eve. We even were able to put a lot of the finishing touches before anyone arrived.
We’re soooo happy with how it turned out! We only have a few things left to do- finish up the shower, a few touchups of painting, and the door & trim.