Office Drywall: Day 1
These are photos from the first day, after the drywallers finished in the office. I can’t tell you how exciting this was to see. The in-progress state is just so different from what we’ve known this room to be.
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Hugo’s Speed Dates: Red Door Animal Shelter
A session with Salt, which seemed to go rather well. A bit later, Toni would let us know that Salt was “a little boy crazy.”
Solo Office Work: Insulation, Visqueen, Cleanup
Today, Liz suited up and put in some time in the front office. I’m still unable to really assist, so this was all her. She hauled a ton of material out, and set about getting the room ready for drywallers.
Plywood, Insulation, Visqueen
House night again! We’re very close to finishing up the front office – one last bit of flooring, and the remainder is getting some insulation in the joists… and a vapor barrier.
Plywood and Insulation
House night tonight – Liz was working on demo-ing the remaining floorboards in the hallway, while I was working on getting up insulation in the office walls.
Installing a Hideaway Ironing Board
Liz was gifted an old ironing board (it was in Najwa and Joe’s condo, and was something they were removing prior to their renovations). We’ve had it at our place for a while, and were finally in a place to install it this weekend.
Seventh Time’s a Charm
I was a little bummed that with our recent house night, I only got the demo part of the flooring done. I was hoping to also install plywod to cover the gap, but ran out of time.
Today, though it wasn’t on my to-do list… I opted to suit up and put a little time in the office after work.
A Productive Night in the Office
The house work ebbs and flows. Sometimes it’s just slow and we don’t get much done. And then there are nice moments like this, where the momentum is going and we get a solid patch of work finished in a single session.
Drywall, South Office Wall
There was some work to get some custom drywall pieces, sitting on top and going into the joists. The wall is a bit angled, so we did some fancy work with a laser level.
A Very Custom Cut
We had an 8×4 piece of plywood, that we wanted to use in this space. We tried a few different approaches (one involved folding a large piece of paper)… but ended up going with multiple pieces of cardboard.
Custom Nailer
Tonight, Liz had a solo evening in the office. She suited up after work, and was up and down the stairs a lot (refining a piece of wood on the chop saw, in the basement).
During her demo of the space in front of the fireplace, she put in a lot of supporting pieces (to bring the area flush with the floor joists). During this time, she realized that there was a gap in the far corner, behind the fireplace.
More Floors
Things got a little challenging, as we’ve been filling up the floor here. See the piece of plywood near the bottom there, with the black X inside a rectangle? That space is 49″ wide. Which is 1″ wider than your standard 8’x4′ plywood board. A little maddening.
A Custom Shame Cut
Today, we added some more drywall along the North window. But Liz also made a pretty custom piece, to fit the gap that we left. A shame gap, if you will.
Happy to report, it fit quite well. At least, well enough – since this whole thing is going to get covered in another 1/4″ layer of drywall.
Now let’s never speak of this again.
Big Blue
It always goes like this: it’s hard for us to work on the house. At the end of a work day, we’re both tired from our jobs… and the last thing we want to do is suit up for a few hours. On the weekends, all we want to do is lounge and relax, and it’s difficult to suit up and spend the day getting dirty.
But once we do – we get into a good rhythm. We get energized, and we get some momentum. And it makes suiting up the next time just a little easier.
Office Floor and Drywall, Custom Cuts
With that other piece installed, we tried to shake off the ugliness of it. And Liz focused on yet another custom cut, to go near the top.