Tearing it up (The Video)

I think I’m about half way done with this project.  I was taping and mudding and decided to just retexture ALL the walls. I was originally thinking I’d hide the REALLY HEAVY texture by applying wainscoting in choice spots.  I’ll probably still do that but I want the house to look good...

Mud on my Face

I must be the messiest mudder there is.  I’m covered in the stuff!  I am making progress though. I usually leave big “Mudding” jobs to the professionals and I may hire someone in for the last coat.  Right now I’m just doing the messy prep work:  taping, filling screw dimples,...

Still just getting worse (you know, before it gets better)

  As usual, this project is dragging on and on.  I keep finding more things to add.  I have two completely different ideas for my “coat closet” and I have to make a decision before I can wire it and I have to wire it before I can drywall it…  So I stopped drywalling for the time...

I’ve been “Framed” (By Mrs. Sawdust, with a NailGun, in the Powder Room)

I’m making progress in the Powder Room.  Just when I started to feel comfortable with the Open Bathroom Policy! First I tore out the closet.  Then I tore out the tub.   Then I took out the extra door. Framed that in and tore all the drywall off another wall.   It absolutely ALWAYS gets...

Not so Jack and Jill Bathroom Plan

I got some really good plan submissions and wanted to share.  I know a lot of you wanted to see all the options for ideas for your own home. I didn’t give enough measurements in my SketchUp designs of the current bathroom.  When I tried to draw most of these up to scale for my space, they...

Open Bathroom Policy

Friday I decided leaving this crazy “bathtub wall” sticking out where I want my Christmas tree was not going to cut it.   So yesterday I tore out the studs.   And today a plumber came in and removed the tub and capped everything off properly.   There’s no going back...

Disaster Bathroom…Help Needed!

OK, so it’s not that bad.  It’s “Blah”.  I could easily make it “Look” awesome enough.  The problem is that the tub placement is upsetting my living room plan and I JUST CAN’T GET PASSED IT! That tub…right…there! It just needs to be 8″ closer...

What comes down must get picked up eventually

When I tore everything out of the living room, I just piled it onto the porch. This is what greeted Wes when he got home.  Luckily I had Skyped with him earlier in the week so he had an idea of what was going on in his absence!  LOL I was going to put it all on the curb, nails and all, with a...

Living Room Demolition

I got everything torn out last week!  I think my original plan showed me just making the two doors in the hallway the same height but I really planned on tearing one wall out all along.  (I just forgot.) The space already feels bigger than it did before. Remember the coat closet? It’s gone,...