Finito!

On Wednesday and Thursday of last week the new bathroom was a hub of activity, as the muratore, the plumber and his helper, and the electrician all worked at getting everything put together.

The plumbers and the muratore confer. If only I could understand what they were saying!

The sink and toilet went in, including the bidet attachment on the toilet that seemed to reassure everyone that we weren't entirely uncivilized, even though we weren't willing to squeeze a separate bidet into the room.

The plumber's agile assistant connects the sink.

Next the shower and its surround went in and the towel-rack-radiator and the mirror and the lights. By lunchtime on Friday the bathroom was more or less complete. But the plumber informed us he'd have to come by again later that afternoon to install something in the shower, although neither we nor the architect knew what it was. The logistics didn't work out, though, and he wasn't able to come. Then Danny noticed that the door to the room didn't shut, either.

Past experience with home renovations has taught us that sometimes the last little details that get left undone can take days or weeks to be resolved. I didn't want to jinx things by prematurely announcing to the world that the work was completed.

Today, Monday, the plumber's assistant came over, installed some kind of doohickey on the door to the shower, and adjusted the hinge on the door to the room. Everything works. We are now officially finished.

So here it is, going around from left to right: the towel rack....

...the sink and toilet...

 ...and the shower.

Now we have to buy towels, bathmats, and some other accessories, and Danny is putting together a cabinet to go in the corner next to the shower. In other words, we are still not really done. But the construction project as such, this season's big effort, has been completed--and, in our opinion, very successfully.