The major delay was caused by the side piece to the vanity top which no one noticed was missing until almost everything was done, and then it took quite a while to get one in. Also, I had to resolve the issue of the sticky-out medicine cabinet blocking the light from the new light fixture. Many solutions were suggested - box out the light fixture so it stuck out further from the wall, pick out a new light fixture with arms (like the old one), recess the medicine cabinet. The first solution would have looked dumb, the second was not possible because for some reason they don't make bathroom light fixtures with arms anymore, the last troubling because if it were easy to recess the medicine cabinet, wouldn't the builders of the house done that? Then I came up with the bright idea of taking the door off the medicine cabinet and hanging that on the wall; I don't use the items in the cabinet on a daily basis, so they can go under the sink. My daughter suggested I just get a new mirror altogether. So *that* is what we finally did. The mirror and side piece to the vanity top were installed.
To make it all official, there is to be a final walk-through and then I have to pay the balance owed. Next up: phase 2.
(I will admit to being a bit peeved that it has taken this long to wrap up, as I was hoping to have all three phases done by now. But the remaining items were minor, worker bees were not occupying my abode for the duration, and I've been plenty busy with the garden and other sundry activities. I did try to goose them along about phase 2, but they don't seem to be goosable.)
You know, I wondered why none of the houses we looked at had medicine cabinets. Isn't it interesting how there are "fads" in houses? Personally, I would have LOVED one in my old house, but the walls were covered in mirrors--as were the closet doors, which were also in the bathroom. Luckily, I wear contact lenses, so when I showered each morning the "naked to infinity effect" was too blurry to be really frightening, but it did discourage me from looking into lasik surgery..............:)
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