Now that the drywall is up, we’ve turned our attention to finishing the walls around the tub surrounds with cement board. We also installed the wall niches that when the tile is up will give us some storage in the shower surround without having those soap dish things protrude into the shower area. We put up a vapor barrier behind the cement board to provide some additional protection and have completed the tub surround in the master bathroom. Tomorrow we’ll tackle the 2nd bathroom and then get the floor hardi backer board down so we can start tiling once drywall sanding is complete and the hardwoods are installed.
February 27, 2007
They blew their horns, and the walls…er, went up?
WHOO HOO!!! Drywall is in. We never thought we’d see this day come! After a month in suspended animation where we thought we’d be living in a house that had a VERY open floor plan we finally have the drywall up and the first round of mud and tape has been applied. We had a few areas to fix after the drywall went up, but we are good to go. There are a few walls where there is no drywall - which was intentional. We have a number of built-ins and some architectural wood details planned for the fit and finish phase that will hopefully set our house apart.

