A weekend of Labor - Part I

We've officially owned this house for 1 week now! The former owner would probably not recognize it at this point.

This Labor Day weekend was jam-packed with remodeling carnage. A special THANK YOU goes out to Dale, Blaine, Kevin, Kassi, Teresa, Cheryl, Laura and Erica for all your hard work. Let's take a look at all the wonderful progress:

Bar Room/TV Room

This was the "Bar Room" or the "TV Room". (Having 4 floors is quickly becoming hard when referring to which floor we are talking about so Luke and I are going for the obvious.) Half the wall was covered in wood paneling (my favorite) so I covered it all in primer (that's the grey/blue coat below). I was nervous to paint the wood paneling but the half wall sort of looked like wainscoting so I thought it might be worth trying.

Per usual, as I painted I fell in love, then hated the color and then liked it again. Something about finishing off the edges makes the color really look nice and finished. Although the colors are pretty dark, for a TV room, we think it quite fits. A light tan suede sectional has our name all over it somewhere out there.

Main Room

Don't you just LOVE the wood paneling? Seriously 1960's... what were you thinking?!?! When I requested we put up new drywall, I had no idea what we were getting into. I thought maybe a few days and then we could texture and paint... no big deal. So naive... so not in touch with reality.

On Saturday morning, Luke, Dale, Blaine and I broke out the crow bars and started ripping this crap off the walls. While satisfying, it of course took time and then we had to pull all the hundreds of nails out of the wall. Before we could start hanging drywall, we put in some new insulation to make the rooms more noise resistant and keep the heat in a bit better.

The boys seemed to have it under control once we started hanging drywall, so I went to work on the Master bedroom painting. From what I could tell, hanging drywall is a puzzle in reverse. You have 4x8 puzzle pieces and get to decide where you put them but the catch is you have to cut your own design. The fireplace in particular was tricky with the rocks at funny angles but a fancy saw and some ingenuity, no problem. Great job guys!

Just having plain white drywalled walls makes the room look younger, cleaner, a million times better! On Sunday, my Dad came over and taped the walls and filled in screw holes. We will resume "mudding" and "floating out the walls" all week after work.

 

Master bedroom/bathroom, halls and guest bedroom to come in Part II!