When remodeling any space, parts pile up. Plumbing parts,
doors, sinks, toilets, hardware and the like. I haven’t really been paying much attention
to them, except when they get installed.
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Parts stacked all over the master bedroom. |
Hind sight 20/20, I should have been
checking the incoming parts and matching against the plan all along. The other day I walked
past the master bath and noticed a
round sink sitting in a box on the
ground.
![Kohler sink Kohler sink](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIFs6BA0iN8fylBaasfWTUclzvAYkVYsTQQwmwsWSyUXhljVtvXD-WTjxPqBs2JWeI4B3RZjWhL-xNmqur4N83mNQ-T3toxDPWiOphAt5eYdypYkF-Wnqk5vGlUNGsvEcgJWfS50tYJn9/s400/IMG_6424.JPG) |
Round sink sitting by master bath ... recently un boxed. |
The plan specified a Kohler
rectangular sink for the master bath. Urgently I
texted the contractor and the tile guy, because I knew, somewhere in a
warehouse in Santa Ana, the
Ceaserstone was being fabricated for the counter top in the master bath, with a round hole in the center. All was quiet for about
thirty minutes. Then the contractor called me, “Nice catch Rebecca.” The tile guy texted me, “We can fix it.”
What potentially would have happened is the tile guy would have
installed the smallish round sink (which fits the other two smallish cabinets) and it would have looked a little weird with the big long master bath cabinet,
and I would have had major anxiety over making them rip it out and fixing it or just letting it go. I am a lazy remodeler and they know that.
A few weeks ago, I noticed Alex’s bathroom door leaning against his bedroom wall. I examined it closely and saw that it had round
sticking versus square sticking. Square
sticking is on all the doors throughout the house, which I picked when I swapped
out the cheap 50’s hollow doors for nice
T.M. Cobb sold wood doors some years ago. The sticking refers to a fancy rounded edge on door panel, versus plain squared off edges. Our
door panels are plain and squared off. I emailed the contractor and within a
day or two he told me they had re-ordered the right door and the offending door
disappeared. The plan specified the square sticking.
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Look closely and note the square sticking. |
But, I am noticing this stuff totally randomly. As all these
parts started arriving at the house a month or two ago, I should have walked around with the plan
and a marker and checked them in. I am the only one who knows how the whole
thing is really supposed to look as I chose all the materials with the
architect. So I am the only one who knows when parts are laying in front of the
wrong bathroom.
![mid-century modern bathroom tile mid-century modern bathroom tile](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZxFoJev9gnDT0EPzCW2x8VMnnr5GoiK4rMg4dTx-c5qkM5cfO7RVvLA4-AWkO3CeZ_n06bQ8UR-PKSqcg9KpMSN_fyylylnJRzh2SaxeLvXHYeewqBYxMpR2C5pZL91Z7MMf2XnrCHqY/s400/IMG_6403.JPG) |
Alex's Bathroom: the tile is complete! Now you can see the pretty cabinet. |
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Alex's bathroom cabinet again. See the plank tile feature wall on the left? |
![mid-century modern bathroom cabinet mid-century modern bathroom cabinet](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CaHfXvo9EFMr2CG6ttPNnBut9ToU3vDDCyVHRoCesxh3ohdrEwhziRByxCm-FlIehWe8JZ7CeiXh4h2Cwcttz3ohP_qPuEJ_SlKal3huTs5bwqrT1OvfTj-QZW4ZQtWdfvYGqp6JE_bs/s400/IMG_6408.JPG) |
Master Bath ... very long cabinet and all the tile is complete. |
![mid-century modern bathroom cabinet mid-century modern bathroom cabinet](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZchSD4qk4zT1VlYGzXczlonZtbrYuuG2A6vA3YGT7-L8PpwWbhOr3aGa_k3uvgNJNHWHjV3LI6yalQRTWixaDIVQfzdWp6adRdmgyR0fvOmyStaKv82eJrNa_e3ZPmWA9x7X2z-FbhKPW/s400/IMG_6407.JPG) |
Master bath cabinet again, note the 3 compartment mirror cabinet on top!
I get two, yay! You can see the plank tile better here. It is a light color on purpose
because this bathroom is so small. The Guest Bath will have darker plank tile. |
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Master bath, facing where the toilet *ahem* will go. |
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House is painted, gutters are on and trim is on and painted. |
![construction site mid-century modern bathroom construction site mid-century modern bathroom](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOIYFYs8FXfA1fKqUp-UlPjWihnzLBwghT9NIiXjRAAAr1yha4Odor1qO0B0vw4m1X1G_mhwp87un1THXoH-WH7Eed9EUmsJd0kY3WcAUEiMoFGxJgYG0-cxRpPxWVWtefhtv2GLkkQg6/s400/IMG_6414.JPG) |
Addition from Alex's side.
View from corner of house, you can see the 10' off the
fence which was the maximum Newport Beach allowed us to go. |
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