We finished the selection of materials for the bathroom cabinets, walls, and floors. We are sticking with our original Baja theme and have chosen the multi-colored stones for the shower floor. See the photo below for the stones next to our cabinet surfaces, counter top, and floor tile. The multi-colored stones remind us of a beach called Punta Rosario (better known as "The Wall"), one of our favorite surf spots. The walls will be covered in white limestone which reminds us of the sand around The Wall. We will include an abalone colored tile in the niche in the shower as a reminder of the abalone shells we find at The Wall. Below is a photo of one being used to hold my surf wax at our camp site.
The third photo is taken from a trip to Ensenada where we stayed at a place with outdoor showers. Our shower has doors opening to a landing which we call our Ensenada Garden. You can see the doors below. We had them push the entire door frame out a couple of inches in order to allow the doors to swing all the way open (and disappear) after the wall has been finished and stuccoed.
Cesar and his crew are still working on the plumbing. Below you can see them installing the faucet valves and drain pipes in the bathroom. They also installed some of the plumbing for the sink in the kitchen island.
We thought we were going to get away with not installing a second window in the office but we forgot the original window doesn't open. This means we couldn't call our house a two bedroom since to code, a bedroom must have a window that opens. We want to honor the original look of the front of the house (and we had purchased a second window anyway) so the crew is working on installing the window. This means they had to tear out the wall on the inside and remove the stucco from the outside of the house in preparation for the install.
The new electrical box has been installed next to the old one. The old box and conduit was mounted outside of the house. The new box is recessed into the wall and the conduit is internal. This will help create a cleaner look for the side of the house...which is part of our Ensenada Garden.
Gerardo is still pulling wires for the house. I created a six page document for him describing the location of the AV cabling! Its amazing how much wiring is involved in this project.
Michelle and I fried some eggs this morning in our cast iron frying pan. The cast iron cookware has become a valuable asset during our extended camping trip. We are BBQing almost every day and coming up with new recipes on a regular basis. This has been a wonderful experience!
