Shower Power!

 Somethin about this sunny house on a gloomy day...

 Last week I painted the living room! Aaron helped tape off the room and with some help from Jacob I painted! I painted pink primer first then two coats of the color that Marie mixed special for our living space. The beautiful wood panelling at the end of the cupboard will have a coat of polyurethane and we'll leave the wood natural and unstained.
I also spent last week painting the barn-style doors that will go on our rear shed. Jacob has assembled them and hopefully by next post they'll be installed!

 John has been working for a couple weeks on tiling the shower for us! Jacob has helped and learned some useful skills along the way. We were his first clients to request the Bostik Dimensions grout. It's aquamarine colored and very sparkly. Marie spent a very long time afixing the 1" x 1" light blue tiles to a paper back so it would be easier for John to set them. We had originally bought them at Ballard Reuse as loose tiles but John knew that it would take far to long to set each tile. The boarder tiles and the dark blue tiles we got at Seattle Tile Company we were very happy with their selections and the staff was all very knowledgeable and helpful. 

Underneath the white cardboard is a 12" x 12" metal sheet that has been polished with a mirror finish. In theory this will be a fog-resistant mirror so that Jacob can shave in the shower. It will also be the only mirror in the house so hopefully it works. John had no problem cementing it in along with all the tile. We had originally asked if he could do a glass mirror but he was worried about it cracking when the house gets moved. John set the knobs into the tile so we would have something to hang our shower products on.