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[quote=Anonymous]Watch. Hover (especially for tiling or wallpaper or placement). Ask questions and do your own research.

Manage your contractor. It's your house/bathroom, not theirs. Contractors are not designers. They may have ideas and suggestions and they may have the best intentions (or not care). They are also not mind readers. 
If they are lazy or don't know how to do something they will tell you it's can't be done. Lies! Short of mounting your toilet on the ceiling, space and budget aside, there is very little that cannot be done. It may require time and money.
     
Dont be afraid to fire your contractor. Our first one disappeared but I wish we had fired him before that.

If you are opening up the walls make sure they are prepped for shower bars and grab bars before they close them up again.

Add more outlets and more storage.

If the bathroom is not a flip or air bnb don't decorate it to appease a future buyer or whatever someone is telling you is fashionable. Make sure it reflects you. 
You will get all kinds of advice based on what the masses and magazines do. If you want it, don't do it! 
Ceilings dont have to be painted with ceiling paint. 
Marble is not the devil.
Medicine cabinets can be useful.
Semi-upscale stores (RH, C&B, PB, WElm) that sell bathroom furniture and fixtures are not necessarily better quality than elsewhere. It might be the same only with a huge markup.

Hold them to their contract.

Have a signed contract.

Ask for credentials and ID for subs. One brought his son to do work. He looked 12. I sent him home. Take your son to work on someone else's project. Not my house.

Make sure you can easily communicate.

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