Bath Fitters has come and gone but the remodel continues. We ordered a custom vanity top but it won't be here for another couple of weeks. There's a lot of work to be done before it gets here.

Mimi picked out the lights she wanted- after I had finished the painting. She picked 2 lights, unfortunately there is only one mounting box/access. I really didn't want to have to cut into the freshly painted wall and mount a retro box, so we settled on an escutcheon plate style mounting piece.

Here's what I came up with-

In order to keep from having to make a second hole in the wall, I opted to run the wires within the wooden plate. Some templates and a router created the "raceways" for the wiring.

Wire nuts for the connections and silicon caulk to keep things connected and in place- tape is just there until the caulk cured.

Ready for the wall-

The vanity cabinet and a small wall cabinet are coming together, also-

The doors are raised panel, stick and cope construction- got the ones for the wall cabinet glued together today. As well as the hinges located, drilled and test fitted. This is my first time using "Blum" hinges-

at 93¢ each, the price was right. Other than the rather large "clearance distance" between the back of the door and the face frame, I like them.

I think I'm going to make the drawer boxes with thru dove tails and add the fronts.

So much to do, so little time!

Lew, that light mount is way cool man, neat idea on that one. I think that was a great compromise instead of cuttin into that nice clean wall. Great job sir.

 

Well done.

Love that bathroom light mount, I want one here

Thanks, guys!

Great attention to detail."Where's there's a will.. there's a way."

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Larry!

 

Brought another great project up from our archives! I love going through these as I clean them up and move them up to our live forums. Great work Lew!

I vividly remember my master bath redo.  Floors walls ceiling all of  it came out and  - - Oh well it was a job-O'work

 

Nice  light fixture ya got there.

Hey Lew, Nice light fixture and mounting. But, it's been 18 months now. Where's the pics of the finished job?

I guess I forgot to upload the finished room

 

 

 

 

 

Since then, "we" added a towel rack under the wall storage cabinet and another floating shelf on the wall to the right of the medicine cabinet.

Thanks, Lew. Great looking cabinets and shelves. A really welcoming room. You and the wife have good taste.

Just now, Gene Howe said:

You and the wife have good taste.

 

She has it all- the only taste I have is in my mouth 

Lew how did you do the tile surround for the bath, is the tub a separate? Did you purchase surround panels, or are those ceramic tiles?

As we have only one bathroom and it would have taken me 6 months to do this myself, we opted to have "Bathfitters" do the tub, surround, tub/shower plumbing and wainscoting. They were in and out in a day and a half (half day was for the wainscoting). Their work is guaranteed  for the life of the products and the cost was only slightly higher than that of local contractors. Speed was our determining factor, 

Bathfitters uses a thick (about .125") one piece vinyl surround and custom fitted vinyl tub covers (even thicker vinyl- close to .25"). I am very impressed with their product and the quality of their work. Highly recommend them to anyone who wants quality and doesn't need a bathroom demolition.

This is the first project moved into Home Improvement, congrats Lew!

7 minutes ago, John Morris said:

This is the first project moved into Home Improvement, congrats Lew!

Thanks, John!

I like how you overcame the issue with mounting the lights! Very ingenious.

way better than what everyone has said about your fine work...

Thanks, Kelly and Stick!