A Whole Lotta Grouting Going On

So, this past weekend was a slow one at the house.  We got a few things done, but not as much as we had hoped.  Most of Saturday was spent shopping.  First we headed to Pease to finalize the kitchen plans.  That was fun.  I can't wait to get all my cabinets in and have my nice, new, big kitchen!

After Pease, we headed to Lowe's to get a sponge so we could grout and to see if they had anything good on clearance.  It turns out they had the perfect vanity for our master bath!  And it was marked down from $700(ish--I can't remember the actual before price) to $422.  But, as it turns out, although they showed 1 in stock, the Fashion Bath guy couldn't find any other than the floor model which was pretty scratched up.  He was nice enough to look it up online and start calling other stores that showed stock.  Unfortunately, none of the stores that showed stock had any.  On a whim, he tried calling one last store.  They didn't show any in stock, but it turns out they had one, still in the box, and at that store it was $375!  At that point, we drove back to Milford, picked up the pickup truck, and drove to the Lowe's in South Lebanon to get our vanity.  Yay!

We had to drive all over the Greater Cincinnati area to find it, but it was worth it!

While we were glad to have gotten a vanity and picked out our kitchen, all that driving took up most of our Saturday.  So, we ended up dropping off our vanity at the house in Loveland, picking up the three old vanity tops that we were hoping to craigslist for free, and coming back to Milford so Landon could work Saturday night.

Sunday we slept in a bit (Landon was up until 4 am working), and then headed to the house to get started.  First things first, Landon mowed the lawn while I painted the vanity cabinets for the guest bath.  Once that was done, we started grouting the tub surround.  Yup, we finally got around to doing that.  And, first, let me say, don't follow the directions on the package.  It told us to wait 10-20 min after applying the grout to wipe it off, so we did.  And then we spent the next 2 hours scrubbing grout.  It was miserable.  So for the next batch, we applied it and then wiped it back off.  It worked so much better.   But no matter the headache, it was worth it.  The white tile with the pretty white grout looks fantastic!

In the middle of all of that, Landon also managed to get the wall between the master bedroom and master bathroom framed in for the pocket door.  So it wasn't a totally unproductive weekend.  It just wasn't as productive as we had hoped.

And, No, the door isn't going to be 60" wide.
But you have to leave a space 2x the width when you frame it in.  It will be a 30" door.