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Den

I'm now calling it he den, it was the old temporary theater.  Now it's done-ish.  I've got the drywall in and put some used carpet and padding I got of CL into it.  Within the next 4 weeks I'll need to cut the hole for the egress window.  You can see it's framed for it.  To do this I'll have to pull down 3 sheets of drywall, some of the studs, and roll the carpet back.  The concrete saw sprays water as it works, so I'll have to account for that.  Then I'll put the egress window in, rebuild that window well, and put the other window in.  But for now, it's usable, and very close to it's final form.

This is what it looked like when I moved in
Here it is after I did the demolition
And this is what it looks like now



Naturally I haven't done the float and tape, and the "green board" which is blue, go figure, will stay that color until I do get around to doing the final drywall work in the basement, but it's not necessary to use the rooms.  So for now, and likely for at least 6 months to a year, these are done.

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