Hi everybody! I have been waiting all summer for it to cool off. It seems that the heat makes my dizziness and nausea worse. I have lost about 15 lbs with being too sick to eat throughout the summer. I just this week got my helper here to help me clean the garage and then I moved the vanity out there and sanded it a bit in the easy places, and got it up on a table. I got the brass floor protectors pried off the bottom of the legs and was pleased to find no holes have been drilled in them. That means that I can drill holes for the feet I bought. I have adjustable feet that will give the vanity an extra 1/2" of height, and that can be screwed up to give another 1/2" if we want. That would make the legs appear to float way too high in the air, so I don't think it will work. the extra 1/2" will have to suffice, with the ability to make the vanity level so that the sink will drain properly. I have also decided that the bail-type handles that came with it are not going to work for us. I can't see us fumbling around trying to grab the bail that has recessed back into the grooves of the handle around it, standing there with water or soap in our eyes. A knob is much easier to use. I had Hubby try using the bail and he vetoed it on the first try and said, "replace 'em!" I am using these on doors of a set of shallow cupboards that will be recessed into the closet of the the neighboring bedroom. I figured they were a sure bet for the six drawers, too. I am not going to use the center drawer anymore, what with all the plumbing going on above it, so I will just fill in those holes. I need to cut away the bottom of the drawer space, then move the drawer support piece to the left or right. It is at dead center right now, and the sink's drain will need to go there. I just have to sand down the fluted areas of the vanity table, then it will be ready to be primed and painted. I am still leaning toward painting it the violet Peace and Happiness. I have purchased more components for the plumbing. I have all of the shower controls and the rain shower head and regular shower head. Still need to get the hand-held and some safety hand-hold bars for the shower area. I still have not finalized a wall tile (looking at fake Cararra tile for the room's walls) or floor tile or the surface for the top of the vanity. We HAVE concluded, though, that we cannot get this job done until Toby, our ever-more-confused beagle/golden retriever mix, dies. He will be 16 at the end of this month. He has spinal arthritis and began vomiting every time he was given his Tramadol or his glucosamine/chondroitin pills, then quit taking them. He had to go on prednisone to control the pain. He is peeing a lot in the house, always on a rug or quilted mattress pad put down for him. The bathroom is his main place to pee. I will not have my new floor grout saturated with dog pee. I don't think the poor guy would cope well with the construction, either. He is now blind in one eye and somewhat deaf. It would be too confusing for him to do all that construction. So even though I can't get Jim over here to do the work, if I could, I would not be able to do it until Toby passes on. So, instead, we are getting new gutters and trim, and getting our four remaining windows replaced. We did the other three windows when we remodeled the kitchen and made the living room into the library/music room. I am in the process of cleaning and decluttering so the window guys can get in to measure!

For the main floor, I think there are a few good options. Usually for shower floors you want small tiles with lots of grout lines for better friction. 1) Play it safe with a tile like the one you chose. 2) I would use a dark gray or black large hexagon tile. Something like this, but on the floor. This would be cool with your black and white theme. Use small black hex on the shower floor to coordinate with the main tile. (Don't use the small hex for the main floor though. Too much grout.) 3} Use your cement tile as the main floor tile. This would look amazing flowing from the wall to the shower floor to the rest of the floor. Very sleek and continuous.

The tile done in the second picture of my first post is actually 6 x 36 wood look porcelain tile ( a different company though). It is laid the same way as mine. It is was done by the main tiler and looks beautiful. It is 1/8 grout lines no lippage at all! I would post a picture of it but it is all covered up right now. I was harsh about the second guy helping him because he had already cut a lot of corners with other things. He wasted a lot of tile getting cuts wrong - which the other contractors themselves were complaining about and bringing some to my attention. Some really bad cuts I noticed he tried to pressure me in to accepting - when I almost caved another one came to me and confirmed it was not good. He basically tiled my kitchen and left the molding on the wall. On top of that all the cuts against the molding were jagged. Like one part would up against the molding and the farthest was .5 to an inch. When I asked what would happen with it he was just answered that it would all be filled in with grout. Dark grout that would make it stand out even more. EDIT :: Here is the link to her tile: https://www.lowes.com/pd/CERAMICAS-TESANY-Tahoe-Gray-Wood-Look-Porcelain-Floor-and-Wall-Tile-Common-6-in-x-36-in-Actual-5-82-in-x-35-29-in/1000379225 Maybe her tile - despite being larger, allows it. If that's the case, I can wrap this around my head and get over it. However, if hers is similar to mine and the good tiler is able to do it without lippage in that layout with smaller grout line - I would like to go for it. EDIT:: Is this another possible solution. When they relay it Would relaying it to overlap in thirds instead of 1/2 help. I am not to particular about that if it will help me get the smaller grout lines.

are you keeping the gold around the shower doors? If so, I'd pick something different. (is that a porcelain or a real travertine?) The tile itself is nice, but paired w/your square tile, it's really not the right look. Your white tile w/the beige grout, and your gold shower doors, just doesn't work w/the tile. both of those are warm, the tile is cool. something like this warmer terrazzo looking tile would look much better w/the gold and your tiles Tilebar has a similar tile to the gray one you like called Sandstone. And it's on sale. it's 24x24 this color (and you can order a sample) looks much better w/your bathroom elements. It's shown on the wall in this pic. they have a 12x24 size too. they have one in this color too. https://www.tilebar.com/basic-sandstone-beige-24x24-matte-porcelain-tile.html this basic Limestone look porcelain is also on clearance. https://www.tilebar.com/basic-limestone-silver-12x24-matte-porcelain-tile.html all on Tilebar.com what about something darker like this 10x10 hex? 4x16 black slate (they have similar in porcelain) done in a herringbone. do you have an oak or wood vanity? this terra cotta color in the hex would look nice w/the gold and any wood Floor and Decor has this White wood look tile. All you're doing is replacing the carpeting? nothing else is getting done in here? is this a second floor? To put down tile, the substrate needs to be changed to support the tile, and keep it from flexing. So that will be extra cost, depending on what you have. If you're on a cement slab, it's fine