Sheet Rock, Pt. 3

A visual feast of sheet rock geometry and architectural lines, taken from the second floor landing. To the left is the second floor bedroom. The stairs drop between the cats.

Tomorrow the sheet rock crew (the "rockers" who hang the stuff) will finish up the first floor and complete most of, if not entirely finish, the basement. They'll be followed by the tapers and mudders who'll take a full week and a half to two weeks to get a smooth finish on the first and second floors. Since the second floor and basement bedrooms already have sheet rock with textured finishes, we'll complete patching in both of those rooms with matching texture.

Texture is sprayed on and conceals imperfections in sheet rocked walls and is less time consuming than a surface with a smooth finish. We don't mind a low profile texture, but sometimes it can get out of hand. One of the bedrooms at our last house had a textured finish so severe that a knuckle drag across the wall got you bloody fingers.

Black is the New Tub

The tub was an abstract mix of forest green, sky blue and primer white before Rach attacked it with a satin black can of paint. We don't have any good pictures, though it is in the background here.

This is the second of three steps in the restoration of our original clawfoot.
The first was refinishing the porcelain interior. The next step is getting the feet sandblasted and coated with clear gloss so as to avoid oxidation. The tub should be returned to its original grandeur late next week.

Alex, our project lead, suggested painting giant shark teeth on the front. Hmmm.

Sheet Rock, Pt. 2

Ceilings and partial walls in the lower stair well rockity rocked. This one's from the landing between the first and second floors, looking into the first floor landing toward the kitchen.

Sheet Rock, Pt. 1

The ceilings over the kitchen island, in the bump out and in the kitchen are rocked.