New tiles, and no bathroom

Our contractor informed us yesterday that the bathroom would be taken out today. What we're most excited about is the removal of the gharish old tub, which sits directly in front of one's pathway upon entering the bathroom. Although this is the start of no indoor plumbing for a good month, we can't wait to see what it looks like with everything ripped out!

I went back to the tile store in Brooklyn today, which we have used for all of our bathroom tile purchases to date (namely the subway tiles for the walls) and picked up our marble basketweave flooring and matching border. It's owned and run by a bunch of Italian Brooklynites, who treated me to an excellent cup of espresso while I was waiting for the tiles. Needless to say, we will use them again: it's hard to come by good coffee and good tile prices in the same place!