More Framing and Drywall

First, I did a lot of organizing and now the downstairs office/library is livable

Next, this may not look like much, but took a lot of work. When I installed the old theater room door, it wasn't level, so I knew I'd have to redo it. To do that I had to remove 4 large pieces of drywall, and several studs. Now it's all back together, nice and level, and I've put the last bit of drywall on it.

And inside the theater, I removed the old screen, and framed the West wall. I've put an upper row of drywall up. Will need to do the electrical and wire the CAT6, than have that inspected before I can put the rest of the drywall on. Then I'll get some scrap carpet and make it a usable room like the other office.

In the image above you can see I've framed one of the windows larger, that is where the egress window will go. I'll have to rent a concrete saw for that job, and completely rebuild the window well.

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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.

Lighting

Here is a good shot that shows the exterior night time lighting. Other than the tall, thin window, which is covered with plywood right now, this show some of the lighting coming out of the new clerestory windows. They are covered with clear-ish plastic, so the light shines through nicely.

Ugly Float and Tape

Getting started on the float and tape job on the upstairs half bath. Pretty ugly so far. This is just the first coat, which is really intended to just get the tape down. Looks ugly, but it's actually not bad. Won't know for sure how it will look till the last coat. Plan is to do a texture-free level 5 finish. Not sure if I'll be able to pull it off or not, worst case if it doesn't pan out I can just throw some texture up.

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