Almost there

Last week the work on the new bathroom seemed to be moving pretty slowly. Now everything has accelerated. On Monday the tiles started going up on the walls.

Since nothing in this building is exactly square, the muratore had to cut a lot of the tiles to fit. This he did with an electric saw out on our balcony, so that the whole neighborhood got a taste of the dust and grit that are now all over our apartment. 

I was sure the proprietor of the parafarmacia on the ground floor or our downstairs neighbor, neither of them shy about speaking up if they feel condo rules are being violated, would be outraged by this. But the muratore assured me that this sort of this is perfectly acceptable, and indeed we never heard a peep out of anyone. 

The tiles went up very quickly. By Tuesday afternoon the first coat of paint went on the walls and ceiling above the tiles, and then the muratore and the tile guy grouted all of it. 

By the end of the day the room started to look almost finished.

This morning the second coat of paint went on and the elettricista came by to do something or other. Tomorrow the plumber will start putting in the fixtures, and then the electrician will come back to hook up the lights and the new radiator-towel-rack. It looks like we really might be done by Friday. We are thrilled.