Christmas Drywall

Finished up enough of the drywall last night that I have have a fully usable theater:

And, I have the office side facing the family room done:

Unfortunately I ran out of drywall screws so I wasn't able to put the final panel up on the stairwell, but this at least finally gives me a real perspective for the size of each room. It looks like they will work out very well, however that may have to wait until I get some furniture in there to know for sure, but that won't be for a while.
The original landing room, which you can see here, was very small and unusable:

The original family room, shown here:

was very long and skinny, and I was worried that I might still have that issue with the new layout, but by shortening the landing room, it's made the rooms much more livable.

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Craigslist Find

I'm still using a lot of old Ikea Expedit stuff for storage. It works, and is flexible, but not fancy. Been on the lookout for something better. Ran across this on CL for only $300, and got them to deliver. Right now it's just staged in the open area of the basement. I should be able to finish the framing and drywall in the old theater, and I'll move these in there.

Paint

Had to get a coat of paint on before the rains hit. Not completely sold on the blue trim, may due a dark brown or grey there instead, but a huge improvement over what it was. Right now I only have one coat on, and haven't done the edging right, so it's a rough paint job, but it will tide the house over until I get a patch of good weather and can finish the job.

Patio Demo

Wanted to get a good exposure to the foundation so I could verify the seal (think I found a leak in the planter box where the foundation meets), so I decided to tackle getting the rear concrete pad broken up. Quotes to do the job were in the $5k range, so I decided I'd break it up and move it myself. Removal then is only $650. Rented a breaker from HomeDepot. Took about 6-7hrs of work, and a lot of Ibuprofin. Went from this: To this: I am planning on taking at least a week of picking at it to move everything.

Normandy Park Restoration

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