Something to consider doing with the old tile is getting a company to come in and repair any grout, then seal it with a color of the tile for a modern look. This will make a fairly drastic change and itâÂÂs relatively inexpensive and done in a day. The house I bought has a sort of off white creamy grey/beige tile through the living areas that I didnâÂÂt like much. The grout was nasty. After the company cleaned it all, repaired the grout and sealed it with a color match to tile it all looks brand new and really nice. They also buffed it all out at the end. ItâÂÂs also amazingly easy to keep clean because the sealer seals the porous grout. ItâÂÂs guaranteed for ten years. If the bathroom takes a shower curtain check out Deny curtains. If the cabinets are sound flat panel but nasty looking itâÂÂs very easy and cheap to resurface with a laminate or wood veneer. I have done it myself and it lasted the years I lived in a home several homes ago. Follow instructions exactly and you will have no chipping edges or lifting. If the countertop is gross there are some very nice FormicaâÂÂs out there. I would change that as itâÂÂs so noticeable. Keep an eye out at Costco as they sometimes have a nice Hansgrohe single lever bathroom sink faucets for under a $100. I put this in my sonâÂÂs townhomes 2nd bath where grown men have been slamming the handle for over two years now and itâÂÂs still perfect. Paint. How does the mirror and lighting look? You can get some nice stuff in the open box section of Lamps Plus. If you sign up for emails sometimes there is additional savings.

Boy oh boy, where to start... I have three very energetic huskies. In wintertime, when the weather cools, their energy level goes way up, and they become very destructive. I cant' begin to tell you the list of plants they've destroyed, broken, set back etc. One thing to keep in mind is that dogs are creatures of habit. If they use a path to run in, you either have to retrain them to use other paths or simply allow their path to define part of your landscaping. One way I've trained my dogs into altering their path is to place physical barriers to redirect them where I want them to run, or to redirect them away from areas I don't want them to run through. Once they form a habit, they tend to stick to it and you can remove the barrier. If you have energetic dogs, gravel will not be the best ground cover. I have gravel in a section of yard, and they run through it, shooting gravel left and right as they run though. It's a mess to rake back up. My suggestion would be to lay a thick layer of wood mulch from the treeline to the fence.

My question is why this window issue was not discovered during the inspection for framing? Having said that, I did not know there was a restriction on height for egress windows. We met the size of opening requirements for all of our bedrooms, plus for an upstairs office that could be turned into a bedroom. The window in the office is higher up off the ground than normal, but easily reachable by stepping on a piece of furniture. Since it is not considered a bedroom, I guess that's why it passed inspection. EDITED to add: I just saw this on another thread. I am pretty sure that the height of our office window is less than 44" off of the floor. "For determining egress window sizes and placement, the International Building Code advises that every bedroom must contain at least one egress window. It must be at least 5.7 square feet, that is at least 20 inches wide by 24 inches high, with an opening no higher than 44 inches from the floor."

I like the first one, or the last. but since you cut your niche too short at the top, leaving you w/1" cut tiles, doing the center portion means you would have to take that amount off the top row so that it looks like it continues into the niche. if that makes sense Or, just turn them this way you could also do the math and make the top and bottom rows the same size. last thing you want are small cut tiles in the niche. YOu may be better going w/this solid piece (back should have been done first, then the side pieces, which would have fit right over the sides/end cuts)