It’s been a little slow lately with the bathroom, but some new stuff to report. On the shower I completed the glass block wall. Laying these blocks is much like regular bricks, except a special white mortar is used. I am not sure if it actually has any special bonding features, but it is white so that looks nicer. The home supply store sells a lot of these I think, and they have everything you need to do a good job: plastic spacers, metal support beams that you put between every other row, and wall hangers that anchor the blocks to the back wall.

We want to put some milky glass tiles on the end and top of the block wall, there is a similar installation at the university library and it looks very good. But I am still looking for a place that sells the right size in small quantities. Buying a box (30 pieces) is a little much when you only need 9!
We have also done a lot of work on the main area of the basement, which I really haven’t talked about here. We installed a wood laminate floor over the concrete, painted the walls and ceilings, constructed a new partition wall with an opening and shelf on top, and finally added some decorations. The theme is bollywood-inspired. Works well for our tv-room!