Hello Spring! Hello New Projects! Hello Concrete Sink!

Given the nasty winter we had this year, I wasn't too sure that spring would ever get here.  Too add insult to injury, we got around eight inches of snow on the first day of spring!  But spring finally did arrive, and so did our sink and our desire to take on new projects.

LD and I finally finished clearing all of the vegetation in the backyard last Thursday.  And we have a humongous brush pile to prove it!

Now we are in the process of getting bids for its removal.  It is amazing how much all that overgrown vegetation blocked our view.

Before

After

We can almost see all the way to Turkey Creek.  The downside is that we have a lot of landscaping to do now.  Unfortunately, that will have to wait until we are done with some of the interior projects we have planned for this year.

We got an email from Cretedog-the concrete sink for our master bathroom was finally done!  Keith and Jeff came by this afternoon to install it.

I couldn't be happier, it was exactly what I wanted.  We are waiting to hook up the plumbing until we install the backsplash.

I figured it will be a lot easier to tile without the faucets in the way.  The tile we purchased earlier ended up going back to Home Depot because LD was not completely sold on it.  The sooner LD and I can agree on tile, the sooner we can get the master sink done.

This weekend we also went shopping for some baseboards and cabinet toe kicks.  LD stained and applied two coats of polyurethane to the toe kicks yesterday.

Before

This evening we installed most of it.  We need to stain more toe kicks to finish the job, and get some smaller nails for the nail gun.  The baseboards have to acclimate to the house, so we will probably start tackling those next weekend.

After

Master Bathroom Sink is Starting to Take Shape

Earlier this week, we got a sneak peak of the mold that Cretedog put together for our sink.  

Hard to believe, but this mold will be giving shape to our new sink!

They also showed us the nifty flip drain in the satin nickel finish.

No, we are not going to change our concrete color selection.  Cretedog gave us our choice of concrete sealers.  The sealer on the left is a commercial sealer, and therefore more durable.  We chose the commercial sealer on the left. 

A couple more weeks, and our master bathroom will finally have a sink!