I am so happy to see you here! I will have to go back and see if i can retrieve my posts... thought I would make them into a little book for my daughter, with photos. Quick run-down on the bathroom (not travels, no time) - The kitchen has a rather elegant sliding door with beveled glass panels. Painted white, since this was the original colour. GD's new bathroom has the doors I had picked earlier; i thought of polishing them but decided sprayed automobile paint (on a resin primer) would wear better. Especially since it is such a small bathroom, and she is so splashy. I have this finish in my kitchen and it has lasted 15 years now. A tad chipped here and there, but only needs a wipe down once a week. Same finish for the balcony doors, also split like the bathroom. We have a new wardrobe, a study table with built-in shelves, and a small chest of drawers for her odds and ends. I want to re-tile the tiny balcony, more as a little statement. Currently we are looking at Portuguese tiles, though I did think a mosaic with a funky cat might be nice. Let me see the costing. The room will be painted a neutral adobe, with bright white woodwork and an off-white ceiling. This means she can go wild with cushions and covers. Other changes in the flat; We have changed the glass in the master bedroom and living room from small cramped panes to a single pane for each section with a 1" bevel all round. Doubles the cost of the glass, but looks so elegant! The air-conditioning is being re-located. The compressors were all mounted in the bedroom and living room balconies, which looked terrible and meant the balconies (very narrow, only 30" deep) couldn't be used for anything. Not even plants. So they are being moved so that the compressors can be mounted at the rear of the building. two down, one to go. Now we can put in some nice plants, fishtail palms etc. The kitchen counter on one side came out intact and will be reused elsewhere. I am planning overhead storage, cupboards, and a draining cupboard for plates and glasses. Right now there is no dish washer, though a place is earmarked, but for now I will put in a cupboard with steel racks for cups, glasses and plates, all hidden behind pressed glass doors. This is all in the planning stage.... Pictures in a little while, they are mostly on my ipad and don't transfer well to the mac. They come without numbers... so I have to rename the or something. Somebody tell me how to do this!

I never like ceramic tile on floors choose porcelain and I like the same tile used on both surfaces for a clean modern look

we wanted to remodel our downstairs bathroom which is the only shower in the house(for now). the big can of worms was opened, so we then had to do a foundation support (mostly inside!). 3x3 ft. holes were dug allover the inside of our basement and some outside, tearing up our sidewalk. Everything is majorly F'd up! we had to move everything out of the downstairs. the workers have now screwed up our hallway carpet. So, here's the deal; I need new tile in the laundry room, hopefully white & navy or white ,navy & purple. Then, tile floor which can be heated in our shower/bathroom, and tile pattern in the new shower. I'm looking at blk. & white. or white. or blue mosaic floor in the same color palette as the laundry room.

Priya,  There is no end to wishlist :). It's a new home and remodelling bathrooms may be a very costly affair in terms of money and efforts/time and sometimes approvals from builders. Before indulging in the process would give a straightforward suggestion to check if you would really like to do that now. Remodelling this with thorough water proofing may cost lakhs and some 20 days of effort. Take your call if you are open to it  Thanks, Nitin Cornerstone Designs Bangalore