It's difficult to believe we are now in Week 4 of Remodeling 1070. Time flies when your house is draped in plastic . . .
We met with our general contractor, Matt, last night to review the progress and discuss a few details and changes before moving forward this week. As a result of that conversation, we've made the following updates to the master suite:
- The master bath and both master closets will have pocket doors to help maximize space and eliminate doors swinging open into any of the rooms.
- The placement of the exterior door off the master suite leading to the deck/pool is being reworked. It definitely won't fit where we originally planned, so we're back to the drawing board on that detail.
- We changed the shower to a 5' x 5' configuration with a built in shower seat. The shower will still be an open space with no shower door/curtain. The floor of the shower will be recessed about an inch below the bathroom floor and graded to facilitate drainage without the needs for any sort of curb or door to block water splashing. The shower seat will be on the only exterior wall of the shower, which will be a half wall between the shower and the toilet. The lower part of the seat will be made of the same tile as the shower, with the back of the seat made of the same glass block as the bathroom windows.
- The bathroom will have wall-to-wall double vanity with cabinets below and ceiling height cabinets on the outside ends of both sinks (essentially, the vanity wall will look like a wide letter H). This will give ample storage without the need to add any freestanding cabinets in the room - again, maximizing space.
We walked through the space with Matt and indicated where we want all the electrical outlets and light switches. So . . .
. . . Today, the framer will be back to make the adjustments necessary to accommodate the pocket doors and a few of the other changes. Another crew will be here to clean out the piles of debris so that the electrician can come tomorrow and get everything wired.
That's where things stand with Remodeling 1070. Coming Soon (hopefully) - photos of drywall being hung!
