It's happening, almost

It's been hard to post because while we've made some steady progress, the amount of mess in the room has increased, making things look more unfinished than they really were. Over four days a couple weeks ago, the crew came in and cleared everything off the floor (no easy feat itself), then sanded, stained (twice), and applied a top coat to the floors. I meant to get a picture but then they promptly put paper back on top of it and re-made their mess (after giving it three days to fully cure).

Then they wallpapered (YAY!), but the floors were such a mess that it was hard to capture the effect. At one point or another, it got cleared out enough that we felt it was safe to let the cats explore the new space in the evening, after the work crew was gone. But it still didn't feel picture-worthy.

And then, FINALLY, they cleared everything out. And we are...done. Ish. We have a small to-do list with the crew of small things that need adjusting and, biggest thing of all, one of the last items to be installed turned out to be broken:

This is the wall panel controller to the steam shower, which, unfortunately, goes IN the shower. So having it not work and removed means that the entire shower isn't usable yet (note the big hole with wires coming out). It will delay our inspection and full completion of the project. And, well, we HOPE that it's the controller that was faulty. Because otherwise it's something more serious--the wiring or something? So let's hope that once an identical controller arrives and the electrician comes to install it, we are back in business.

In the meantime, besides our "punch-list" of (mostly) little stuff and the lack of inspection, the space is done. So while I continue to be bummed about yet more delays, it's worth finally taking a moment to show you this beautiful space.

First, the bathroom (again, with non-usable shower):

The blue vanity isn't as blue as we envisioned and the medicine cabinets will continue to mock me with their chrome finish until/unless we try to dull it, but it is really lovely. I started cutting drawer liners and setting up the shelves in the medicine cabinets to the right heights, and thinking of what to put where.

The toilet room/WC/powder room was wallpapered and we couldn't be happier at our choice (and how it complements the paint! The paper is Rifle Paper Co. Peacock wallpaper in periwinkle.

The closet hall has four PAX units (one is on the wall next to the camera). Right now they are completely empty inside, waiting to be customized, so I'm sure we'll write a longer post on that as we begin work on it. I'm absolutely delighted by the chandelier that I insisted we install there (we had to find a tiny one that wouldn't interfere with the door swing, though it turned out we could have gone bigger in the end).

It's hard to see from this angle, so here's the stock photo (Edvivi Arietta from Lowes). It has real glass crystals that we quite enjoyed fastening to the metal frame.

And finally, the main attraction, our bedroom itself:

The wallpaper was the one we decided on in March, A-Street Prints in Arian Silver Inkburst (I don't see ink bursts, I definitely see something more organic like dandelion fluff).

We've taken to heart what they said on Thursday and, since this picture was taken, have already set up the bed and hung curtains. We hope to be sleeping here by the end of the week, inspected or not.