Went to Lowes and here's what we bought:
Kitchen counter top
Laminate that matches counter top (for the bar)
Kitchen Sink
Vanities for both bathrooms
Plumbing fixtures for kitchen sink and both bathrooms
Lumber for front and back porch
Quickrete for posts
Last night we unloaded all this stuff and called it a day!
Today we sat down and made a list of what has to be done before we move in.
Here is that list so far:
Last night we mudded some corners and put water line in small bath. You know how I wrote not too long ago that I was sick of sheet rock? Well not I'm almost getting sick of mud! Seems like this job just drags on and on. Mud and tape, mud again, mud again....
We've been so busy the past few days that I haven't had a chance to update my blog until now.
On Tuesday, I started doing the 2nd round of mud in son's bedroom and the guest bedroom. Yesterday I started mud and taping the corner edges in the master bedroom. Got that and the 2nd mudding done in that same room then finished up mud and taping the interior of the closet. Yesterday I started mudding and taping at 9:00 A.M. All together worked around 8 hours and by the end of the day my fingers and wrists were so sore.
Late last night I started carting out the left over sheet rock and cleaning up the living room. I'm going to start cleaning up our mess in the kitchen sometime today.
Our son mud and taped the ceiling in the living room and kitchen. It took him around 2 hours.
My husband started mudding some on the arch and bedroom ceilings.
We bought the corner bead at Lowe's two days ago. We bought a total of 30 8 ft pieces.
The photo is a shot of the bar my husband drywalled a few days ago and the arch. The arch is looking much better but we are not done mudding it or the bar just yet.
Last night something went wrong with our banjo. Wouldn't get mud on half of the tape, so I mud and taped by hand. My husband opened it up several times and checked it out. I'm beginning to think it might be because the mud was too thick. Finished all of the kitchen now except for the ceiling. Earlier in the day I had done some more mudding in our son's bedroom. There are some gaps in the living room that I sealed with mud. Hubby finished one side of the bottom of bar. In a few days I'm going to finish painting the exterior of the house.
I decided to do some mud and taping in the kitchen. Got finished around 1:00 in the morning but managed to get all done except most of the ceiling. I thought I would hate doing it but actually liked it once I got the hang of it. But boy is it messy! I filled in some larger cracks with mud and will go back over them in a day or so with the tape. That wet banjo is well worth the money. I can't imagine doing this job without it. I must have loaded that thing with mud 10 times tonight.
Tonight we finished drywalling the 9 windows in the house. Lots of small pieces, took a while but am glad it's done. Now I think that the only drywall work we have is the bar. I plan to do more mud and taping in the next few days. I was thinking yesterday about flooring, painting and buying furniture. I got so overwhelmed that I decided I wouldn't dwell on those things right now. One thing I've learned is that it's ONE thing at a time and ONE day at a time when you are building your own.
Well, last night we finally finished hanging drywall in the living room. After that we did all of our son's bedroom. Now we only have to hang some rock in our master bedroom below the window and in our half bath then we are done with that long job :) We haven't done any more mud and taping since Sunday night.
I called around to find a drywall tape Banjo at our local lumber stores. Found out there was a dry banjo and a wet banjo available. I bought a Goldblatt wet banjo. Cost was 109.00. I had no idea how to use this thing, but our nephew has done a lot of mud and taping and he showed us how. Husband and nephew handled the taping while I started on covering the nail heads with mud. What a dirty job! Later in the day I decided I would try my hand at using this banjo, I caught on quick and decided that tomorrow I could go out and do most of the areas except the ceiling.
Our son had other things to do tonight, so I helped hubby hang drywall in the living room tonight. After this is finished, we only have one room left to hang in, sons room. Then we will start mud and taping and then texturing the walls. I went to Lowe's and bought all the stuff we'll need. I hope to start some of the mud and tape work by Sunday.
Finished up hanging drywall in the guest bedroom tonight. Tried to do underside of arch, but our piece we had left bowing broke on us.
Hung drywall in the guest bedroom and almost finished it. We were able to get 3 full sheets hung in the living room. I think we now have the master bedroom closet done, so with the exception of right below the window, the master bedroom is finished.
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