Yay, another full day off to work on remodeling! We finished up the last 20 square feet of tiling, and I'll do the final grout tomorrow. I put the baseboards in the laundry room part, and here's how it looks, before and after. The before doesn't show the floor, but it was the same gray berber carpet you see in other photos. How nice to finally have tile! In addition to the tile, the walls are now a soft cheery yellow instead of grayish-off-white. The cupboards have been banished to the garage. I decided the powder room paint wouldn't do, so I went paint shopping and bought a sample (Lowe's now sells 7-oz trial cans). I liked it much better, so I went back and bought a gallon, but when I put it on, it turned out it was a different color from the trial one (more butterscotch than pumpkin). Here's the confused wall with original bright yellow on the right, final color on the bottom and trial color on the top left. I actually liked the butterscotch more than the trial pumpkin, so we stuck with it. I cut the baseboards and DH worked on installing the toilet and vanity, cutting the feet down on the back and trimming the baseboard around the edge of the vanity trim. (Thanks to those who helped out with ideas how to make that fit.) Here's how it now looks! We're still waiting for the faucet to arrive (online purchase), so I'll post the final photos when we get it in. We just need to finish up the last of the grout, install the casings, do a bunch of caulking and we're done!

I am so off to Harbor Freight this weekend...so the edge ended up *polished* with that treatment? Do you know what grit it was? And the edge was all by hand, no electricity? WOW. I'm baffled. And tentatively inspired : ) WAIT: was this it? (see link) So you all went to 600 grit max? I have to say, it's a really interesting approach to sanding. Did it leave lines? I have so many questions : ) Here is a link that might be useful: is this it?

I would skim over the roughed up areas with light coats of drywall joint compound. USG All Purpose works well. Use a wide taping knife to skim it to a very thin coat. When it is all covered, lightly sand with a sanding block and about 200 grit in a circular motion. Prime this and paint, or repaper.

I agree, it is quite nice! HB' s tip about the faucet is the kind of thing that makes our forum community great. Where else are you going to get a tip like that when you are not even talking about working on the plumbing? Your mirror is a nicer version of one in my half bath. I used mine to hide a safe. My "friend" turned out to be a pill and money thief, a brother was addicted to opiates before he died of his addiction, I am disabled and need help around the house, and you never really know who might have problems or when someone in your household may need medication that is attractive to others. My contractor installed the piano hinge on a piece of one by half inch molding and continued the molding around the edges of the mirror so that you do not really notice that it is hiding anything. I will see if I can get a photo. Please excuse the seashell wallpaper. It came with the house and we have only been here ten years. The safe fit in an old med cab hole in the wall. It is handy to have a place to put money and credit cards when not needed, too. Plus, any time any workers are in the home, in goes everything attractive to dishonest or desperate people. If I had kids, I would have a safe for all my meds or guns.