And, the winner is..

Well...neither Raindrop nor Cay ended up being the winner. Neither of the colors seemed to clearly be the favorite. In the end, we decided against both. We went to Sherwin Williams just before the store closed, and picked up a gallon of a totally different color. The winner: Vast Sky.


It took less than half a gallon to finish the room. These photos were all taken using only the flash, since we still have no lights in the bathroom, and the sun hadn't quite come up yet.

So far, so good. Or, maybe we're both just really tired of thinking about paint, looking at paint, buying paint, and painting. The bathroom floor is still covered with kraft paper, so, without the additional light reflected off the white tile floor, the real, true paint color still can't be judged fairly. I'm okay with that. We can always repaint, right?
The bathroom door, storage cubby, and window have now been trimmed out by J with cypress lumber.


The wood trim will all need to be clear-coated, but that can be done later. Or, maybe we will paint it instead.

The storage cubby, after 3 coats of primer, and still looking a bit peachy:

We have decided to paint the inside of the cubby with white semi-gloss, to keep the interior bright so we can find stuff in it later.
In the kitchen, we now have tile floors! The tile is Cotto Antico by Daltile. The color is called Aranciato. The grout color is Buff. There is still a little grout haze on the tile, but it looks terrific!


The kitchen countertop is nearly finished. Nearly finished because I had to order a few more tiles as a result of making two minor design changes regarding the backsplash behind the range. Fortunately, our tile supplier has been great to work with, and the needed tiles will be here on Thursday. Carlos will then finish up the backsplash and finish tiling up to the edge of the sink. He went ahead and started grouting today.
Here is a view of one corner of our new countertop (minus one corner bullnose tile that is on order)...

...the range backsplash (with a few tiles still missing):


And, the sink backsplash:



The tile is Intinta by Tesoro, which comes in about 20 colors. It is glazed porcelain. The main blue color is called Lavanda; the white is called Bianco. The grout color is Silverado.


A view of the grouted floor tile, looking in from outside the kitchen door: