Upstairs color!

The drywallers will be putting the finishing touches to the walls tomorrow. While they work we kept busy upstairs in the rooms that have no drywall. Phoebe's playroom is the furthest along. Today we started on the wainscoting on the lower walls. As color came down the walls the room came alive. The wood flooring arrives in the next day or two and then the room will come together quickly.

I can hardly wait to finish off the first room of the house. Once that first challenge is done it will seem to come together in a little more of a hurry. It is going to be fun!

-grampa dan

Let there be (permanent) light

With the plastered ceilings now painted it is time to begin putting up the trim rings and scewing in the LED spot light bulbs. As I did the room imediately changed. The bright ceilings dimmed and the light focused instead on the lower parts of the room. It was remarkable.

Matt was busy today finishing off the plywood backing in Phoebe's playroom. The paneling will be next.

Stay tuned for more progress...

-dan

Smoothing the walls

The drywall crew has been busy in the house trowelling on the drywall plaster onto the joints. It's done in stages. First the joints were taped, then the corner bead put on. Today they loaded the first seams, feathering out the dryall mud on each side of the joints. When they finished we kicked on the heat and the fans to dry it out for a few days. The crew will return on Monday to apply more mud, slowly building the joints until everything is smooth. Everything will be sanded nice and smooth as a last step. The first picture is from the hall entry.

The second shot is from the dining room back into the kitchen. The plywood panels on the wall are where the kitchen cabinets will be fastened into place.

The last shot is from the walk-in closet into the Master bedroom. Heavy duty fans will work all weekend through the house to remove the moisture from the wall plaster.

Within a week the interior doors will arrive and the first pf the paint will begin to go onto the walls. It is looking more like a house all the time.

-grampa dan