Bathroom remodel

Since Hurricane Issac rained out the Labor Day Weekend, and I was not able to get outside to work on the patio. I started the bathroom remodel.

First here are some before pictures. The bathroom was original to the house which was built in 1970. And the decor shows it's age:

Gutting the room proved to easier than I anticipated, and there were no real surprises. The only issue was a leaky toilet valve because it wouldn't shut off all of the way, and that was easily replaced. Here it is with all the fixtures removed:

I choose a 12 x 24 porcelain tile that I think helps with the size of the bathroom, making it feel bigger. I used an underlayment product from Schluter Ditra that I bought at Lowes. Here is a link to the product: http://www.schluter.com/6_1_ditra.aspx . It was easily applied, just put it down with thinset and laid the tile on top with thinset. It is supposed to help with shifting floors that normally cause the grout to crack and come out. We will see.

  

Here are some last pics of the layout and grouting and the finished floor.

Here are some more "after" pictures. It is mostly finished. I still have to alter the middle drawer in the vanity, change the hanging light fixture and put in a register cover.