I got home a little later than the night before but I still had a good hour to do some taping. Ryan helped me move all the tile out of the gym so I can use the scaffolding in there now. Then I taped the corners and hit the bottom section of wall screws with a second coat quick after that.
Corner taped!
Another corner taped
Tonight I hope to hit the ceiling! It still needs to be double screwed so I’ll see if Ryan can help with it. I’d also like to get a first coat on the wall seams since the corners will be dry.
Last night after work (and dinner) I started taping the gym. This involved tightening 90% of the screws first, then spackling the screws and finally taping the seams. The ceilings will have to wait because the tile is still in that room and needs to be moved before I can reach part of the ceiling.
I’m hoping to tape the corners tonight and get a second coat on the screws.
Started taping the gym
Other view of the gym
We had a very busy Sunday today.
We got the drywall up in the bathroom finally. We had to make some framing changes for the doorway – Ryan got started on that bright and early this morning. Then we moved on to getting the drywall up which took the rest of the day. Finally the extra drywall is stored in the basement and we can start taping the gym since it’s emptied out now.
Today is PJ’s birthday and here’s some wisdom from his older sister:
Getting older doesn’t have to mean losing sight of the carefree, fun loving, adventurous child inside. Embrace new opportunities and adventures in life and always remember you work to live you don’t live to work!
My family converged on my sister this weekend. Both to celebrate my brother’s upcoming birthday and to work on her house a bit. They renovated their upstairs bathroom and they’re down to finishing details. Ryan helped with some tiling in the shower while my dad worked on making and putting up the trim (around window/door and baseboards). It really looks great and just needs some paint.
I wish there was more time – more long weekends available, I’d love to go down more often to see progress and help out with painting and everything. And I wish I took some pictures so I could post the progress so far!
Last night after work, Ryan had a ZBA meeting but I made a quick dinner and got right to painting. It took an hour to do the cutting in, and then another hour to roll the walls. The paint is SO smooth! And I love the color! Ryan came home and was worried it was too dark but I think in the lighter part of the day it wasn’t as dark. Plus this is our entertainment/tv room so I wanted it to be a darker room. With white trim it will look lighter as well.
One more coat to go on both the ceiling and walls!
Walls painted!
the morning after (all dry)
Monday after work (and after dinner), Ryan and I got the paint out! I cut in around the ceiling and Ryan rolled the ceiling. The color is a little more yellow than we thought but we think it will look really good with the green/grey wall color and the white trim color.
I’m hoping to paint the walls tonight. Then we’ll have a real updated picture. The picture below you can’t really see the ceiling color because it’s close to the primer color.
TV Room Ceiling painted
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Friday we sanded the ceiling of the tvroom and then I vacuumed it up real good.
Sunday evening we primed the whole room (Ryan did the ceiling and I did the walls).
TV Room primed
TV Room primed (facing front hall)
Ryan also got the last bathroom wall insulated (the wall with the doorway) so we can drywall in there. We’re hoping to start painting during the evenings this week and I might hook up the bathroom electric so we can test it out before we put up the drywall.
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Ryan finished spackling the ceiling in the tvroom last night! It’s all ready to be sanded (maybe tonight or sunday) and then the whole room can be primed! We’re going to go buy paint tonight – we’re thinking green maybe for this room 
ceiling spackling done
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The renovation pages on the right are finally getting updated – so far the tvroom page has been updated with a journal of just the tv room progress made so far.
Next up will be the bathroom.
Also the tile has arrived! Ryan picked it up after work this week. 
Now we just need to get the bathroom ready for tile so Ryan’s dad can come out and help us tile it up!
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