Been working my tail off in the bathroom in the last month but not so you can readily see.So not so you can tell very easily, let me point out some of the stuff that I've been working on. But, just 'cause I'm something of a jerk (just ask anyone), see if you can pick out some of the updates.
So how many did you get?
Ok, enough of the guessing game. Here's what I've been working on.
- The tub is now white instead of the old beige
- Addition of the bathroom door (installed, caulked and casing painted)
- Baseboards (installed, caulked, and painted)
- Towel and TP bars
- Caulking around the tub and surround
- (Almost impossible to see) grout around the base of the toilet
- (You can't see this one) The water lines are fully roughed in
- The new electrical outlet is installed
- The new ceiling vent fan switch is installed
- (Really hard to make out) The transition piece between the tile and wood floor in the hall
What's left to do you ask? Well, let me list it out!
- Install vanity top
- Connect faucet connections
- Install shower doors
- Paint bathroom door (that will be done in the garage paint booth)
- Install vanity mirror
- Install vanity hand towel ring
- Install lighting dimmer
- Fix a small mistake in the ceiling paint
- Install door hardware
And here you thought I was almost done in the bathroom. I thought I would have it all done by now but who knew that bathrooms had so many details to them? I most certainly didn't.
So what has been the toughest part so far in this room? Hmmm, that would be a tossup between drywall joints and that one piece of wood that transitions the tile floor to the hallway wood floor. That one piece of wood took me the better part of a day to get right. I literally sat in the hallway with a utility knife, rasp, wood file, and sandpaper trimming, fitting, trimming, fitting, etc, etc, etc. Then when I did the very final install, it didn't sit just the way I wanted it to and now it irritates the hell out of me every time I look at it.
No, I won't be fixing it.
So on and on it goes.
Now on to the food part.
I came up with this little goof on a complete whim. I was tired one evening and didn't feel like doing anything fancy. So I looked around and made up something really old but with a new twist.
Pizza-Bread, or sometimes called bruschetta! Yep, that old standby that we've all done many times. However, I decided to amp it up a little and see if I could give that old venerable standby a bit of class. So I'm calling this Pizza Bruschetta.
Here's how it works. Starting from the bottom right corner and moving counter-clockwise (anti-clockwise for my friends from across the pond!).
1. Slice a baquette on a very heavy bias about an inch thick.
2. Hollow out a good bit of the inside but don't make holes!
3. Spoon in some tomato pesto (don't use pizza sauce, that is so yuck!)
4. Add some chopped garlic
5. Add pepperoni (I didn't have prosciutto on hand)
6. Add some shredded Italian 5 cheese
7. A dash of a 5 pepper sprinkle to give a tinge of heat
Put on a baker's sheet and into the oven at ~400 for about 15 minutes. We're not really cooking anything so watch the cheese and it will tell you when it's done.
Viola!
Six is usually a good number for me.
A variation would be to use grilled chicken instead of pepperoni. Also, maybe a small drizzle of olive oil would be really tasty.
There's probably a thousand variations of this standby. This one was mine and it was pretty darn good. Try it yourself and maybe jazz it up in a different direction. Maybe some crab meat or shrimp and do a seafood bruschetta. Sky's the limit on this one!
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