Sanding, plumbing, and skim coating

This past Saturday was another all-day workday in the bathroom. I was hoping we'd be able to get the mirrors and medicine cabinet up on Saturday but by about 10 AM, I realized that wasn't going to happen. Josh had a more realistic goal - getting the plumbing for the sinks and faucets done!

We had the kids out in the living room playing while Josh and I worked in the bathroom. He worked on the plumbing while I sanded down the walls and put primer on them. We had a bet going: I thought it would take him 5 trips to the hardware store to get the plumbing done. He said it would take him 2 or 3 trips.  He won! I think he fixed the minor leak in one of the pipes yesterday so I am not sure why the bin is there under the pipes. Maybe it is insurance in case one of them does start leaking. I definitely have to replace the cork liner I had there.

Josh also was able to put a skim coating on the a few of the bathroom walls. He will have to explain skim coating in a post but my understanding is that it is a thin coat of joint compound layered on the wall to smooth it out and cover imperfections. After some sanding, the walls will be ready to paint.

Josh's plumbing setup in the cabinet. We are losing the equivalent of 3 drawers in the vanity but 2 sinks is more important!

A close-up of the sink and faucet. We got to use one of them for the first time yesterday! No more brushing our teeth in the kitchen!

I can't wait to see what it looks like once we have everything done.

What's left for the vanity: painting the walls above the vanity, installing the mirrors and medicine cabinet, putting up the backsplash and pendant lights, setting up the middle storage cabinet, and putting the drawers back into the vanity.