Drywall Complete!

Yesterday Francisco finished the sanding and finishing, and this morning two guys arrived to clean up the mess. They even vaccuumed the stairs! We have walls! And we can paint them! It's very exciting. Here's what it looks like:


And here's today's catalogue of things we still have to do in this room:
--prime the whole thing

--paint the ceiling

--put up trim around doors/windows

--paint the walls

--deal with the mess that is the new built-in/old built-in area: As we discovered, there was an original built-in shelving unit behind the newer one. We've ripped out the new one but left the old one in tact. We just need to figure out how to fix the moulding around the little old built in, as well as deal with the floor in the area that was the new built-in. We're also thinking of covering this little nook up so as to put in shelves for the entire length and width of this area.


--replace baseboard: we ripped out this section of baseboard, and then decided NOT to take out any more baseboard. We'll need to put a fresh piece in here, which might be a bit tricky. It's clear that the floor here was put in AFTER the baseboard.


--fix/replace baseboard: This is one other section of baseboard that we messed up trying to rip it out. I imagine we'll need to cut it back to where it's complete, then put in a new piece, routing out the spot for the electrical outlet.


--baseboard top trim: we're going to need to buy and install the pretty top part of the baseboard that will go above this flat piece. It will hide the line where the drywall meets the baseboard (where in some spots there is a pretty big gap!)

--paint the steam radiator: as you can see, it's not in terrible shape, but will need some scraping/sanding and then a fresh coat. I've been reading that spray paint is the way to go (and that's also what we did at Ian & Elizabeth's house).


--re-install overhead lighting fixture in the room and figure out lighting for the closet (there's a wired-in flourescent tube one in there now).

That's all I can think of for now. I'm very pleased with how it looks.