Hi, my questions are: 1. We're installing a wall-mount sink over a wall-hung vanity. Can we install the sink first? Vanity will get here 3 wks after sink and I'm wondering if it's okay to install them separately? How hard is it going to be? 2. How high should the bottom of the vanity be from the floor? The sink will be 36" from the floor and I'm wondering if floor-to-vanity (is that called toekick) can be 10"? 3. planning to install a glass shower door directly onto the bathtub (ie no surround) - what are the pros or cons of doing that? 4. Need a small slab of granite for kitchen windowsill but GC refuses to do a template for me (told him I would pay for it) unless I order it through him. Is that what usually happens? He will charge $400 for the piece (including template) but I had found a place that priced it at $200 (but they need a template) Thanks very much for any advice/tips you can share! Have gathered a lot of information here (and on the kitchen forum) since I came across this site a week ago! Best, A

I don't think I would scale down the vanity if this is your main/only bath. You need the storage. Consider a vanity that involves more drawers, which make more efficient use of the under-counter space than cabinets do, but otherwise just get lots of organizers. I would not keep the black top with your new color scheme; many vanities come with tops anyway... https://www.houzz.com/products/eleanor-bathroom-vanity-with-carrara-top-charcoal-gray-30-prvw-vr~46313451 https://www.houzz.com/products/sheffield-30-single-vanity-white-white-carrera-top-undermount-square-sink-prvw-vr~50578811 https://www.houzz.com/products/30-single-bathroom-vanitygreywhite-polymarble-topsquare-sinkfaucetmirror-prvw-vr~28553083 https://www.houzz.com/products/zola-vanity-base-white-with-mirror-top-ceramic-faucet-polished-chrome-prvw-vr~28557438 https://www.houzz.com/products/modetti-provence-cottage-bathroom-sink-vanity-and-mirror-setlight-blue-34-prvw-vr~78795471https://www.houzz.com/products/fresca-livello-30-teak-modern-bathroom-vanity-with-medicine-cabinet-prvw-vr~86624448 https://www.houzz.com/products/fresca-torino-30-light-oak-modern-bathroom-vanity-integrated-sink-prvw-vr~99355302 You need to decide on your vanity style and color before picking the countertop -- do you want it to blend (gray or white) or contrast (colored paint or natural wood); do you want really modern, or just a little trendy feeling, etc. I gave you a range to help you brainstorm. Hope this helps!

Here are a few quick tips to find out how "correct" the install is (or isn't). Correct meaning 'will not fail' vs. looks pretty. Looking pretty and being correctly installed are two different animals. 1. Caulking is used at EVERY change of plane (ahem...corners). Grout is NOT allowed when tile goes around a corner or goes from flooring tile to wall tile. To check for caulking just poke your finger nail in there and push. If it feels rubbery = caulking. If it feels like hardened sand/stone = grout. **Hint** Look at the GROUT that is sitting all around the wall cubby and the grout that is running down the corner...check the marble floor/tile wall connection. Do you see more grout? 2. Did they use wood (raw wood) at the shower threshold? If you remember seeing a plank of timber being 'tiled' you have issues. 3. Water Draining out of the shower should be even. The shower floor should not have areas that are left 'wet looking' (ie. darker...marble is AWESOME at showing this...which means you can test this very easily for yourself) for hours while other areas look 'dry' very quickly. An uneven drying time tell us water is SITTING (ie. not draining) under the marble. Issues like a mentioned above can be a perfect storm waiting to come crashing down (through the ceiling? below?) around your head. They are also issues that point to a REDO (especially the shower floor stuff). The uneven wall tiles = uneven wall. They needed to shim the walls (when the studs were exposed) and/or float the tile (very difficult and expensive and requires an OLD FASHIONED Tile Pro to get it done properly). You didn't get either. In other words your General Contractor used 'guys' to lay the tile and not the EXPENSIVE Tile setters (ahem...GCs HATE using expensive pros...it messes up their bottom line/quotes).

I would do a charcoal grout, just slightly darker than the tile. Looks like the same grout used on the wall tile in the photo would work!