one room challenge - week 4

It's holding true that week four is the hardest!

We definitely made progress this week, but because Charlie had to work late, and severe weather forced us to put our work setup away to get both cars into the garage, we didn't get quite as much done as I had hoped.

All of the baseboards got installed, caulked, filled, sanded, and painted, but we ran out of time to get the quarter round on. The mirror also went up, and we were ready to install our shelves this weekend when I realized I had cut the second shelf one inch too short! This means we now have to go back to the store, purchase another board, do another two coats of primer and two coats of paint, cut it down to the right width with a table saw, and then use a miter saw to get it to the correct length. All because of a one inch mistake. I was so mad at myself I had to abandon this project to try again this weekend. I also got about a third of the shower walls tiled. I had hoped to have most, if not all, of the tiling finished by now, so this will be my number one priority this weekend.

To top it off I'm also having a problem getting our fabricator to respond in a timely manner. They were supposed to come out this week for measurements, but have quit responding to my emails. I'm assuming it's because we have such a small project, but it's upsetting because they used to be fantastic and I've referred many clients to them. As a backup we have another company coming out this evening to give us an estimate. I'm now a bit nervous about finishing on time since our plumber can't come out until our fabricator has installed our marble countertop. 

I'm looking forward to getting over this week four slump and will hopefully have much more to share for week five!

Here is a recap of our to-do list:

  • waterproof shower walls (finished!)

  • finish tiling floor/shower floor (finished!)

  • tile shower walls and niche (walls this week, niche finished!)

  • paint touch-ups (finished!)

  • install baseboards and trim (finished!)

  • install crown moulding (week 6)

  • install open shelving (this week)

  • install vanity (this week)

  • install marble countertop (this week?)

  • plumbing fixtures for shower and vanity (early week 6?)

  • shower glass enclosure (not going to happen!)

  • put up new mirror (finished!)

  • new roman shade for window (ordered)

  • artwork and styling (week 6)

You can catch up on the whole project by looking at week 1week 2week 3, and week 4 from the last challenge. I'm also sharing progress on instagram and behind the scenes on snapchat (scg_interiors)! 

As always, thank you to Linda at Calling it Home for hosting this challenge! Make sure to check out both the Wednesday and Thursday participants to see all the other fabulous projects that bloggers are creating!