More photos of sheet rock

If anyone is tired of seeing pictures of sheet rock, then feel free to skip this post. ;)















And for those of you who are still up for it, feast your eyes on this:

Looking through one of the living room shelves into the back of the laundry room. The idea here is that we'll put a plywood panel at the back of the built-in shelves that is removable for easy access to the back of the washer and dryer on this side, and on the other side of the hallway (off the left of this photo), access to the main mechanical and plumbing chase.

This is the upper bookshelf at the stair, now complete with sheet rock...

...and the lower one, which doesn't have a sheet rock bottom for reasons that will become apparent once things move along a little bit further. Also, please note the tiny triangle of sheet rock just to the upper left corner of the shelf - that was missing for a while, but is now in!

Matt's office has been cleaned out enough (it was the junk room/returns compilation room for quite a while) that he and Owen were able to get rock up in there.

And another view in the office - this one looking through from the office side where the window will be under the living room bench. This wall does not yet have any rock because being solid plywood, Matt doesn't have to worry about hitting on studs, and plans to just use whatever size pieces of sheet rock he has left over at the end to finish up this wall...

Down to the basement. I love this corner! It feels so not-basementy, despite the fact that you look out at the dirt just a few feet away from the windows. The quantity of light that comes in makes this space feel very bright and cozy. This is where we'll use the stone from the crumbling wall next door to build a retaining wall so you'll be able to look at a limestone wall instead of dirt. ;)

Just checking to see who's actually taking the time to look at these all-white-repetitive photos! If you are, here's something a little more colorful to brighten up your blog-reading experience. ;) I found this on my camera on a day when Leah was helping Rinnah dress up. ;)

On the east end of the basement family room, the ceiling chase, and the cabinet that Matt added to make the chase seem less chase-like, are all completely sheet rocked...

Matt finally got some help from Owen at the very end of this day of work. Owen's getting pretty quick with a sheet rock gun, and when he's there working, it really does go faster. But he's got other important things in his life, too, like playing with his buddy who lives behind us before he leaves for a week in Florida. ;) This is looking west in the back/play part of the basement family room.

From the back, looking toward the front where the windows are. The two openings in the center of the photo are (on the right) the door to the crawl space under the office and (on the left) the stairs going up to the entry landing.

Matt was really hoping to get this wall finished before having to come in on Saturday night, but his wife was really hoping for help getting the smaller kids ready for bed, so this was the last piece. There's always Monday.

And the most exciting part about Monday is that's the day that Korey and Kelley are going to be able to come and start the mudding and taping of the upper level! Matt's going to do the closets and lower profile spaces, but has decided for time (and aesthetic) reasons to pay Korey and Kelley to do the main rooms. So, although I'm sure Matt will get some sheet rock up tomorrow, he's also going to spend some time getting the rooms cleaned up so there's room for them to work. And he's going to come with the rest of us to the zoo in the morning - we figured we'd take this last opportunity to fit the whole family in the van!!