Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

March 26, Day 9: Vanity Mirror and All the Little Things

So today the baseboard was installed, the laundry closet doors were put in, the trim and paint were touched up, our fixtures were installed, and a lot of the little things were taken care of. And that included the vanity mirror.

Admittedly, I obsessed about the vanity mirror. The options that our bathroom guys gave us were "big glass mirror like before" or "the largest mirror they have at Home Depot." I went to Home Depot, and the largest mirror they had was 30" x 36", which to me was way too small. Joel didn't think it would be, but I was opting towards a big frameless mirror from backsplash to ceiling. I understood Joel's aversion to backsplash to ceiling frameless mirror as being "a crappy apartment mirror," but to me, the proportions of a 30" x 36" ready-made mirror to the custom 5' 8" vanity was just not right. I had told the guys "backsplash to ceiling glass mirror," but they asked me to reconsider, saying that the mirror that size would be too big. So I discussed with them today putting up a "big glass mirror" like before and then putting some molding around the mirror to make it look like a framed mirror. And here is the result:

Doesn't it look good? I love it.

A closeup of our new faucet:

Our vanity, with hardware:

And here is a view of the bathroom from the hallway:

We're not allowed to walk on the tile until Saturday (something about letting the sealant set or something), so the only pics I could get were from the hallway. I have no idea what happiness I will find in the laundry closet, but I'm hoping it will be good. They'll be back on Monday to put the finishing touches on the bathroom. But it's all coming together! Yay!