...this will be mostly a Hallway Bathroom update...but I'll start off the 'regular' way...
...with breakfast...I had some of the Violife cream cheese on an everything bagel...it was delicious...not sure it's any different from the plastic tub variety...
...and then I did the regular weekly shopping...nothing really of note...
...but I got some mint for a recipe I wanted to try...they have this little area in the veg department with these little baggies...I was telling Mom about it...as I had pulled up a mint plant and stuck it into the baggie...and she said I wasn't supposed to do that...but only snip leaves off...uh oh...sorry...
...I stuck it into some water and I'll plant it in the pot with the remaining basil, parsley and chives...
...I think the only food prep I did was to bake some vegan cornbread...I'll need it for the leftover pozole soup this week...
...and I stuck the muffins into an empty cereal bag...I'm loving using these bags instead of ziplock ones...
...and then before we get started on the Hallway bathroom...we finished up just a few little things in the Master bath...for some reason...those last few little things take forever to accomplish...
...but I really needed to caulk the mirror frame we built...in hindsight...we should have painted the back of the molding we used...because the back is reflected in the mirror and it's unfinished wood...
...but caulking helps...
...the Man drilled into the shower frame...and added this nifty three pronged towel hook...
...and a neat little hand towel rack beside the sink...and you can see the mirror with the finished caulk and paint...
...now you can just open the shower door and reach your towel...easie peasie...
...and that's the final reveal of the Master Bath...I don't think there's anything else that needs to be done in there...
...so now...on to the Hallway bath...we're kind of putting the kitchen project on hold for a bit because my old school chum Amy is coming for a visit in just a couple of weeks...and we wanted the hallway bathroom finished for her visit...
...so we lugged the new countertop out into the yard to cut it to size...
...just a long straight cut...
...the Man at work...
...measured and laid out the template...
...drilled the corner holes...
...and the Man at work again...cutting out the openings for the sinks...
...back inside...the lights were removed...
...and the molding...
...which left rough areas that needed to be patched/spackled...
...so I did some patching...as the tile won't come that far up onto the walls...
...just working my way around both rooms...oh...you can also see where we removed the toilet...as we'll be replacing it later...
...the Man cut out and framed an opening to install a proper electrical box as the contractors who built the house had just pulled the wire through the wall without a box and wired up the light...those light bars don't require a box because they are lightweight and you can position the hole anywhere behind the bar...
...see what I mean...
...the neatly framed box...
...I cut a piece of sheetrock and spackled that into place...
...there was a stud behind the other hole...so the Man put in a shallow box...
...and I pieced and patched that hole as well...by placing a small piece of wood behind the hole and a small piece of sheetrock over that...
...and a first coat of spackling...
...first coat sanded...
...and second coat applied...
...next up will be the removal of this cultured marble sink...remember the Man just busted up the one in the Master bath...as it really was not worth saving because it was so yellowed in a weird pattern from the sun shining in the window for 20 years onto it...but this one was in a windowless room...and we'd like to salvage it if possible...
...so we removed the little side backsplash pieces...a little worried about the fact that the mirror seems to be sitting on the actual backsplash...yikes...
~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
