It begins (almost)

We had our final "pre-tear-down consultation" yesterday and are ready to begin the bathroom remodel. Our designer, Francisco, did a whole mock-up of our bathroom on the computer, down to the littlest details of exactly where our decorative tile will go in relation to our soap dish and tub faucet. We approved the drawings and our team is going to start on Tuesday! Meanwhile, we've been finalizing the little details like what kind of toilet paper holder/towel hook/wall plate to get, what grout tint we want, and what color to paint the walls.

I'll spare you the tiny details but I thought our paint swatch lay-out looked pretty neat.

D and I took turns pulling colors that we didn't like until we were left with two sheets. We decided to try the Blue Fox (the bottom on the left swatch) and Russian Blue (the top on the right swatch).

It's hard to tell in the evening light, but we are pretty sure that Russian Blue, the rightmost of the two wall splotches, is our final decision. Plus it will keep with the theme of the Samovar Silver from our guest bedroom (not that names matter, but it's fun when they are quirky enough to stick in my head). You can see that the crew already had a little fun in the bathroom. Our foreman, Antonio, asked if he could check whether or not we could recess the medicine cabinet. Turns out there is space back there, but also a stud, so we'll see what happens...

Stay tuned! We'll do our best to "live-blog" the remodel. Wish us luck!