My apologies for being rather absent the past week or two. I’ve been EXHAUSTED. Hanging sheetrock is very physically taxing. We are almost done with the dining room, and have started the kitchen (THANKS, GUYS!!!!). Here’s a tiny snippet of what’s been going on…
Before:
After:
You can see that we have to cut the panels *just right.* In an old home, nothing is level, plumb, or square. *sigh* And I have discovered that, 150 years ago, builders built homes in 3s and 7s. Today’s homes are built in 4s and 8s. Did you ever notice that? The old homes have a symmetry of rectangles and triangles, divisible by 3s and 7s. With the inception of sheetrock, homes are now built around the 4 x 8 panel. It makes retro-fitting a very difficult job, indeed.
Our goal is to spackle everything that has been hung up to this point. The weather will be hot and humid this week, which may slow us down a bit. I’m hoping to have the walls up completely by Sunday.
I also have some exciting stuff to share, when I have time to sort through it– we’re building a pantry shelf and a pull-out trash area (VERY COOL), and I bought cabinets today!!!!! I am stoked!!! More to come.
Oh, and for you Livvy fans… sorry I have been neglecting to post photos of her. She’s bored out of her mind right now, because we have been so busy. I hate to ignore her like I have, but what can I do??
So she’s decided to bug the outdoor cats– she stares at them out the windows. LOL, I don’t think they like it much.
August 3, 2010 at 1:27 am
Livvy may be a little neglected right now, but I can tell by these photos she still knows who is queen!
August 3, 2010 at 9:40 am
Janiss– LOL! Yes, she certainly does.
August 4, 2010 at 6:19 am
Well at least you are making progress on the sheet rock. Just think how much fun it is going to be when it is done. One big celebration. Sure is good to see Livvy and her friend/enemy. The one outside looks really surprised at you taking his picture.
Take care and take it easy. The pantry shelf etc sounds terrific.