Drywall Time!

We finally had everything ready to go for drywall last week. This was a big project and hard to get right. For this reason, we hired Seth Spangle, owner of 180 Design and Build. He is the dad of one of my (Doug's) students. He is the one on the left in the picture below. On the right is oddly our realtor Dan Abboud (another dad from my class). He dropped by to see how the house he helped us get was turning out.
It took about two days to get it all cut just right and on the walls and ceilings.

One of the trickier parts to drywall was the ceilings in the kithcen and both bedrooms. We wanted to keep the beams exposed, so each piece had to be cut just right to fit in there perfectly. You can see the bays done on the right verses the ones on the left that have the insulation exposed.


It was another two days to tape and mud it. Here is the tape going in.


More tape and the mud going up.


It took a lot of mud. This is the first coat. When this dries, they sand it and then do the skin coat.

This beige tone is the skin coat. We asked Seth for a smooth finish. We are not big fans of texture. Most new homes these days are built with a thick texture known as "orange peal." We decided we like smooth walls. This is very hard to do with drywall (another reason for hiring Seth). He had his crew apply this skin coat so that we would have a perfectly smooth finish (once it was sanded smooth of course).


Here is the living room before the skin coat...


...and here it is after. Big difference, and very smooth!


Even the ceilings got the skin coat. This is our second bedroom.


Master bedroom: Notice the holes for the wall sconces and switches... (yes I am excited about the wall sconces...)

Remember that wall that we opened up in the kitchen? Here it is all drywalled up. Looks good doesn't it? I just can't wait to get that kitchen painted so the walls will be one color as opposed to maroon with yellow and green (fumigation tent) stripes. Stay tuned for our post on painting coming soon.

We are so happy with how the drywall turned out. It was worth hiring a professional to get this part of the remodel done. We would like to thank Seth Spangle and his crew from 180 Design and Build for giving us beautiful smooth walls.