Decisions Decisions...

This past week we were pleasantly surprised by our contractor telling us that a whole bunch of new projects could start asap. But we had to make some game time decisions on the vanities, all the tiles for the master bathroom project and the pool tile.  I wasn't about to be the one holding up any progress so I immediately went on a mission to get it done. Luckily I have become quite familiar with what seems to be a construction district of some sort out in Doral.  I had done my homework and had narrowed it down to two stops, D&B tile and The Home Design Outlet Center.  From what I could tell these both had the best selections, and more importantly the best prices.
    Arriving at D&B, I find myself in a giant show room of nothing but tiles of every sort. To say that I was overwhelmed would definitely be an understatement. But after what was probably about 2+ hours spent meticulously piecing together a design plan with a wonderful salesman, Tony, I came to my final decisions on all of my tiles.   It felt like such an accomplishment to have this part out of the way. The best part is that I am really so happy with what I ended up getting, and I got deals on every single one!
Once I was finished with the tile mission, I only had about 45 min until the district was going to shut down for the day. I still had to get the vanity for the master bath so I had to hustle.  I had picked out a few options online already so I knew what I was looking for once I got in there. Due to the lack of space in our bathroom, I decided to go with two separate small vanity sets next to each other, rather than one large double vanity.  Of course the one that I had liked most had been out of stock online for quite a while.  I thought I would go out on a limb and ask if it happened to be there anyway... and to my surprise it was! They had arrived earlier that day, and again I had a wonderful salesman that was very helpful, so he took me to the warehouse and showed me what they looked like in person.  I was sold, the price was sooo right, it has a beautiful porcelain vessel sink, with a solid dark oak cabinet, and a glass countertop. Done and done... I ordered two and was on my way.  One small step for the renovation, one giant leap for my piece of mind.

Here are some of the samples that I chose for the master bath (and a rough sketch of the shower):

*Porcelain tile (coming in three different sizes, one for the floor, and two for the shower walls)
*Smooth River Rock in 'Sumatra' for the shower floor, and for the back of a small niche in the shower wall. (once it is sealed it will have a more polished finish)
*Accent Strip made up of a variety of stones and glass pieces, to be run vertically on the back wall of the shower.

Here is a pic of the single vanity we chose to buy two of, to go side by side :

Here is the sample of our pool tile:

It sparkles.. and that makes me happy ;-)