Upstairs Bathroom

One of our areas of focus is our upstairs bathroom, which was gutted when we bought it. In trying to get the bathroom toward a more finished state, it seems we have to make a bigger mess first. We have stained the window and door frame, and bought subway tile for the walls, a pedestal sink and toilet by St. Thomas Creations, and some lovely lighting fixtures from Schoolhouse Electric. The previous owner also left us a clawfoot bathtub, which we found sitting in the living room the day we first saw the house. (Several of our friends, were brave enough to help us get the very heavy tub up the stairs on the day we moved in. Phil thought of a way to hoist the tub up the stairs using rope and a lot of brute force.) We bought a shower riser which will convert the tub into one of those cute showers with the curtain that goes all the way around the tub.
When we called in the plumber to check if all of the pipes were lined up correctly, he discovered that the toilet waste pipe was not to code, and would have left our new toilet sitting uncomfortable close to the side wall. Also, we opted to tear our part of the wall in order to convert a 4" ventilation pipe into a more current 2" pipe. This allowed us to remove a weird little section of wall which jutted out to accomodate the larger pipe. The electrician also came in and made some nasty holes in the lath and plaster walls and ceiling while putting in our new ventilation fan and wall mounted lights. We are a bit worried about how these walls will get repaired, and how much of the lath and plaster will have to be torn out and replaced with drywall. Our next step in the bathroom is to install the subway tile on the walls, and the white hexagon floor tile.