Author: Cory

As we put the “finishing touches” on the upstairs it’s really starting to feel like a house again. Here’s our list of updates since last time:

• We’ve finished the drywall (walls & ceilings) including mud, sanding and primer.
• I finished laying the floor.
• The door frames are painted and we’re working on painting the doors.

We’re really happy with how the colors are coming together. We decided to go with a palette of greys for most of the upstairs with light ceilings, slightly darker walls and darker grey doors.
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So we finished the demo. Here’s what we ended up ripping out, repairing or replacing.

• Removed wood paneling
• Removed all carpet
• Removed and replaced water damaged sub floor in the bathroom and bedroom
• Removed water damaged ceiling
• Repaired framing that had minor water damage
• Removed the old vanity, toilet and bathtub
• Replaced insulation that was impacted by water damage
• Replaced all the recessed lights with fan mounts and replaced the bathroom exhaust fan

The guest bedroom. You can see the state of the windows and the water damage in the corner.

Claire’s bedroom closet. Later I converted part of the closet to a built-in.

 The guest bedroom closet and entrance.

Another angle of the guest bedroom.

After everything was demo’d we cleaned up and moved forward with the next phase: drywall. I hung all the drywall myself including the ceiling. Beth did lend a hand for some of the more challenging pieces but mostly it was me, a drywall lift and some creativity.

Guest bedroom drywall is done including ceiling and walls.

Claire’s bedroom and built-in all drywall is finished.

Guest bedroom showing the repaired sub-floor (bottom left) and finished drywall.

In the next update we’ll share our progress with finishing and painting and new floors!