Done!

So when we last left off, professional help had to called in to remove the old, leaking angle valve and replace it with a new one; as it turns out, the exact same thing happened to me the last time I did a bathroom remodel, but I was able to resolve the situation without replacing the valve. Not so this time -- in both cases, there was a "ferrule," basically an immovable clamp holding the valve in place. I gather these are uncommon (no one's ever mentioned them, it took a bit go Googling before I found out about them, etc.), and you need some special tools and/or skills to get them off. I'll just say that Roto-Rooter has been expensive, but timely, super-competent, and really nice both times we've had them come out. 

The only new thing that happened last night was putting in the drawers. They're in. They work. They open and close properly. They look good. They just need to be filled with toilet paper rolls or whatever. You can perhaps see the whole "if you give a mouse a muffin" problem, however. Those towel holders have to go; they clash and look off center now. 

Today's task was simple-ish: dealing with the now-unacceptable light fixture over the cabinet (another "mouse-muffin" problem). It's crowded and also clashes in style. Happily, rather than getting a new fixture, the cabinet has its own built in lighting solution, and that just needed to be hooked up. (I say just, but of course, this involved a half dozen minor problems, but ultimately, it's just connecting the old black wire to the new black wire, old white to new white, and -- unlike our previous house, everything here is modern wiring and everything has a functional ground wire! Very exciting.)

Here I am, all glowy

But every creation begins with some destruction. The old fixture left behind a big patch of the original green paint, not covered up by the plate from IKEA, which was kind of industrial looking to boot. 

So, some wallboard compound, some sanding, some drying, and some painting, and some more painting, and it'll be ready to start service by the time Lilya gets home!