Sunday, September 26, 2010

Drywall Fun!


Where are we again? Ah yes, last we talked about framing....After framing, comes the relative fun of drywall. It is exciting because it makes the spaces really start to feel like "rooms" instead of framing and plywood...New drywall went up in the kitchen, the sitting room, the powder room, the laundry, a good chunk of Dillan's room and also in the Living Room....In case you haven't gone through a home renovation or new construction, a little bit about the process: The drywall sheets are screwed into the wood framing, then taped together, patched and finally finish-coated (or skim-coated). After the walls have that final layer of coat, it has to dry and then be sanded- talk about dust!!!! Here are some shots from our drywalling.

The kitchen after drywall, you can start to see the light in the space again. 
Looking from the Sitting Nook into the front room.
Here is the new wall in the front room that goes into the Sitting Nook.
You can see where old wall meets new.

Here is the view from the Sitting Nook, through the Laundry,
into the kitchen in the distance.... 
Here is the new wall pop out where the fridge will go soon and the new laundry is just beyond that.... 
Little details, like switches!
 Here is some of the patching that had to be done in the main bathroom
before the walls could be refinished. 
(Carlos, the drywaller, working hard to smooth out years of paint, cracks and patches...) 
Drywall stilts for installing on ceilings (ours are around 9 feet tall). 
(This is the truck that delivered the drywall the first day- you can see the sheets hanging off the back end. They were so heavy that the truck was less that a foot from the ground at the rear.)

As I type this post, we are very close to finished with all the drywall. Carlos is finishing the bathroom and then we will see if there is anything else that we need to do. We are getting close!!! Up next, tile inspirations....







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