Roasted Eggplant and Secret Friends

Yesterday I made roasted eggplant. I couldn't find Meredith's recipe but this might be close. I just cut the eggplant in lengthwise slices, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled some spices and Parmesan cheese on them.

 I baked them for about 40 minutes in a 425 F oven. Oh boy they were good and so easy to make.

Every afternoon these two little birds meet in secret under our upper covered deck on a narrow ledge. I tried to zoom in with the camera but they flew away. It's too late in the season for them too be looking for a nesting site so surely they have secrets to tell. I wonder what secrets they are? Perhaps they're pledging their true love.

In other news we're finally getting our granite installed today, then we'll start on the back splash. Soon it will all be finished and I'll have photos to show you. I think the shoulder is going to take a long while to heal. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Guest Bathroom Almost Finished

When we moved in we knew we'd have to remodel the guest bathroom because the fiberglass shower had a hole in the bottom of it, the toilet and sink were damaged, and the vinyl floor was puckered.

The bathroom is very small so we tried to maximize the space as best we could. We chose the same olive and brown slate-look tile for the shower and the floor. You can see the toilet reflected in the shower door. the bathroom has a window and two lights so it's quite bright in the room even with a darker tile.

We chose a clear glass shower doors rather than opaque glass to give more depth to the room. The shower is 3 x 4 foot and the floor outside the shower is 4 x 6 foot. Since we aren't getting any younger we put in a grab handle for safety and it's mounted into studs in the wall.

Rather than a recessed shower caddy we chose easily cleaned external shampoo and soap caddy for ease of cleaning. Would you believe the removable inserted tray is plastic! I have the tray as a pattern so I'm thinking I could make a ceramic one to fit inside. Now to match the tile color as best as I can. What do you think?

The toilet was mounted very close to the sink so we had to use a pedestal sink so the toilet has enough space around it to use. When we took out the old sink it left a very rough section of wall board above the new sink. Do you think I should install a marble back splash behind the sink to hide the rough wall board or use the same small tiles which are on the shower floor?

When we removed the vinyl, there was pine flooring under it which we removed. After that the base floor was lower so we added hardiboard to bring the tile up to grade. But when we removed the baseboard we were left with more rough wallboard so we used tile as a baseboard. The metal strip on top of the tile is Schluter strip. I'm liking the tile baseboard look.

Rather than bull-nose tiles we used the same Schluter strip along the edge of the wall tiles and on the inside and outside of the shower step. This gives the bathroom a clean and contemporary look and the cost of the Schluter is less expansive than purchasing matching bull-nose tiles. The bathroom is so small I can't get the whole bathroom in one photo, but I hope this gives you an idea of the change. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.