Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Fingers

So in the back of my mind, I’m just kind of thinking “Why bother?” instead of “No problem!

Welcome to my happy place!I absolutely love this room now.

Every time I come in here, I can’t help but feel like everything in the world is going to be OK..It probably has a lot to do with the fact that the room started out like this:.I wish I had saved more pictures of how this room used to look.

It really was horrifying.. Then we started work on the ceiling and it looked like this for a good long time.. And now?It really is the stuff that dreams are made of.

Chris added these built-ins on either side of the big dresser.

They make the room so much more functional and I love how they look..Keep in mind that you don’t need to heat under the vanity or the bath tub when you’re making your calculations about square footage!.

It may have been unnecessarily time-consuming, but at least it was kinda pretty, right?.Here you can see how the wires fit right into their holders.. Once the wire was in place and hooked up to its special thermostat on the wall (another added expense with all different types of kits),  we were ready to lock it in place!.

Here’s where things got a little nuts.. You want to pour enough self-leveling cement so that the wires are covered and protected.You don’t want any exposed wires because you may end up slicing through them or even just their outer casing later when you’re laying your tile and that will cause the whole system not to work.