Bathroom Remodel - In Progress

It started with some loose shower tiles... They had to be replaced so it seemed time to change all the tile, and the old vanity, faucets, tub... By the end, the whole bathroom was gutted and replaced.

And now, the bathroom remodel that began in October is finally coming to an end! Two months for a bathroom remodel? Yep, and this venetian glass (pictured, click to enlarge) - which finally arrived yesterday - was behind all the delays.

The first delay came on the morning the contractor came to start work. The venetian glass, which was supposed to take 2 weeks to get here, still hadn't arrived and would be another 4 weeks. Apparently the US distributor was out and had to wait for a new shipment from Italy. We delayed two weeks, but then had the contractor start the demolition so he'd be ready to start when it came in.

The day finally came to pick up the glass and we found out it was delayed another 4 weeks!! I tried to find a different accent tile, but we had planned everything around this glass and nothing else looked as good. Our contractor finished as much work as he could do without the glass, but then the project had to be put on hold.

Last week, the glass was due (again). The tile did come in, but it was broken! The glass is a mesh of ~1 inch tiles that we are going to cut into 3x3 diamonds to use as accents. We only needed 3 sheets of tile and every one of them had crushed or broken off glass!

Luckily, they were able to replace it without sending to Italy. It pushed the work back by another 3 days, which led to rescheduling the painters, but at least the glass is finally here and the project can get back under way!

My contractor was able to finish pretty much everything else during the delay, so once the last of the tile is in, the bathroom will be functional. The painters should be here right after Christmas and I hope to be posting before and after pics by New Years Day.

And the venetian glass is so pretty! :-)