Still no new pictures but we are about 90% done on the tile. Probably areawise much higher than that but it's just the hard parts of the shower left. I have a sloped ceiling in there too and of course nothing is ever simple in my world - the ceiling is getting herringbone, the walls are getting a baseboard and then the deco crown at the top and of course a niche. In a little bit I will take down the plastic bags and take some pictures though. Right now I'm catching up on breakfast and online stuff. Also, I guess this is as good a place to vent as any, the granite place where we put a deposit on a remnant disappeared! I drive past them on the way to work every day and over the weekend they packed up all of their stuff and left. No sign saying where they were moving. I'm SO glad I only put a $100 deposit on the remnant rather than the 50% they wanted but sheesh. Part of me is thinking that this is a sign to get what I REALLY want - soapstone. Now at the end of the project i just don't feel like compromising anymore. This is what makes my heart go pitter patter: momskitchen, thanks for the kind words. The truth is, I spent months and months designing this thing. I was ready to get started and then my grandmother passed away last June (I was VERY close to her) and it just took the wind out of my sails for months. I couldn't just dive right in so a few months later I started rethinking the floor to save some money and then spent another several weeks chewing on that. But if you post ideas and questions there are lots of talented people around here who will help you figure something out. We just can't afford, nor can we really justify given our very working class neighborhood, some of the absolutely gorgeous high end finishes you see around GW. It's not that I don't love them, they just don't really fit in with the modesty of our house. Still I am expecting this bathroom to last a lifetime and we splurged on most of the fixtures as you will see if they ever get installed because I think the higher quality will be less trouble in the long run. I still can't believe how much this bathroom has cost, even with being pretty careful on expenses. It's kind of crazy! The walls are actually aqua, not blue, and in person read far more green than blue. They are Ellen Kennon's aqua (check out the home decorating and paint boards for more information) and the photos do not do them justice. They are a beautiful, clear, perfect aqua with just enough blue to keep them from looking yellow. I see that RH's stone tops have gone on sale (some of them anyway) and now they are a reasonable price. When I bought the vanity they were twice as much. I LOVE the 52" and wish I could have fit it, I especially love the way it bumps out in the middle. I don't think you will be unhappy with your choice if you go for it. I did check out some of the pieces in that line in the store and they seemed pretty well made. The finish is lovely, it's a silky smooth lacquer - part of the reason I don't want to paint it to match the tile more closely (though in natural light it's not as big a difference). flatcoat, my twin! I see you designed your bathroom to match your doggie. Very important in my opinion (says the woman with the couch the color of cat vomit - er I mean camel colored couch)). If you run short of chair rail, let me know. I over ordered. I was planning to originally do the job myself and I have the eye for detail but not the skill level for perfection without a lot of slop so I ordered 20% extra. My tile guy seems to have wasted no tile except a couple of slivers here and there so now I am swimming in extra. Everything is returnable to the big box stores except for the chair rail, which was special ordered from my tile store. I thought your bathroom layout looked familiar too and had to search back to see if you were the person I thought you were, posting about tile casing. I recognized the sink. You might be interested in seeing my tile casing around the shower door (but no operable parts there, just a curtain). It's actually up now. I LOVE the graphic and deco punch the black chair rail gives the room though! You do make me wish I could have gotten the recessed medicine cabinet though but unfortunately the plumbing runs up that wall and it would have been a fortune to move it. The previous owner's bath remodel had a recessed cabinet that stuck halfway out and I just opted to go with the surface mount. Sigh! klb, i remember you well and I still vote NO ADDITIONAL TILE!!!! None. Are you retiling the tub area? I forget. I can't wait to see how your bath turns out, maybe we will all cross the finish line together :).

The local store is "The Powder Room" 540 N. Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite A Los Gatos, CA 95030 I met the owner, who was extremely helpful. I am pretty excited by the Ronbow vanity and I'll take DH to her showroom. She also had a Toto toilet complete with a washlet in her bathroom with the Fairmont toilet topper and a Fairmont vanity. It was great seeing the American Standard Town Square toilet in person with the soft close seat and ADH height. It has a map score of 1,000 and I'm leaning towards this toilet over a Toto. The one vanity that really caught my attention is the Ronbow Adara vanity, which is available in a dark cherry and I'm seriously considering the Ronbow ceramic sink top (integral counter and sink). I think it will be a snap to clean. It's also available with a transitional glass door or solid doors (the solid doors are cheaper). I also liked their Asian-style vanity, but it doesn't come in a 48 inch size. I'm having some second thoughts about the carrera marble top due to the fact that this is the most heavily used bathroom in the house. Therefore, I found the sink top to be a great option functionally and aesthetically! I really got excited about it! The link below shows it in a lighter cinnamon color instead of the dark cherry. Here is a link that might be useful: Ronbow Neo-Classical 48 inch vanity

Sorry, not yet! New build so we are just at the drywall and paint stage, no tile or vanities in yet. Actually, vanities probably are going in this week. I got the same medicine cabinets as pps7 from RH, and the same Kohler memoirs sinks. Our vanities are espresso, and my flooring is dark wood-look tile. The counters are carrera, and there is a backsplash above the vanities which are carrera subways along with the shower walls. We have chrome wall mounted faucets. Overall pretty similar to pps7 except with a darker floor and my fixtures are more contemporary/modern rather than traditional. The paint color is Gray Owl by Benjamin Moore. Hopefully, it will come out nice, but it's all just starting to come together now!

misspixie, your new bathroom looks great. Isn't it amazing what 3 extra feet will do for a space? You have used many of the same elements we have except ours aren't all in the same bathroom. We have a guest bath with the Kelston toilet, a dark espresso single sink RH vanity (can't remember the name), and just a shower rather than a tub. I love the combination you did with the Kelston and the RH vanity and they look very stylish together. We have the 6' Archer tub in another bathroom and we also love that tub. It's a very comfortable deep soaker for the larger folks in our family. We remodeled a 100 year old home by ourselves acting as our own GC (when we were very young) and always said it was a shame to let all that experience go to waste even though we never did any more remodeling---but did just finish up building our new home using a GC. I'm betting that you've learned enough with this experience to take charge of your next project but I love the way your bathroom turned out