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Another room complete! This bathroom was not in good shape (love the vinyl parquet floors!), and we didn't think the hose attached to the faucet was a good shower. :) Amazingly, the original clawfoot tub cleaned up (it's practically Dad and Eric kitchen clean), but everything else is new. New and not yucky.

Crossing one more room off the list! Well... OK, not quite done like a Scrum "done done", but all the construction, trim, painting, etc. is done. Now for the fun stuff, getting all the furniture and decorations in place. I almost forgot how ugly this room was at the beginning, and this was one of the nicer rooms! Two doorways (why?), no doors, trim partially painted, and the infamous mirrors hung in a row high on one wall.

Save for a weekend in Asheville celebrating our 10th anniversary, work continues slowly but steadily. Bill built a cabinet for the upstairs hall bath, which should be finished today. We put up towel bars, picture frames, etc., so only need the shower curtain (on order) to be 100% FINISHED with that room. Bill also made a built-in cabinet for the end of the upstairs hall. Pic below shows me priming the basic structure yesterday (side note: no hassling me about not being on a ladder at 8 mos pregnant, I am fine!). Those top three shelves will have glass doors, and lights over each shelf. Bottom area will have solid wood doors. For the open counter area in between, we're hoping to find some remnant granite or other stone. I can't wait to see it finished - only a few months ago, this area looked like this . Speaking of... break time's over; time to go paint the first coat of white on that cabinet and surrounding trim...