Tennescenic

Another frigid morning. My dad was mudding and taping drywall and I started of by hanging sheetrock in the closets. Wow it was tedious! I had to use a bunch of little scraps because the doors were too small to admit larger pieces. I didn’t even finish two closets this morning. After lunch we hung sheetrock in the master bedroom. That felt like it went a lot faster. I didn’t take pictures though. After my dad left I put a pice of sheetrock on the half bath ceiling and hung some more in the pantry. I also cleaned up a bit before running out of daylight. Tomorrow I think we will try to finish the shiplap on the vaulted ceiling in the kitchen/dining room. Now it has gotten cold again. We are making great progress again this week though. I am feeling pretty good about things.

My dad played golf today so I was on my own. I actually drive down last night after Liz and Luke went to bed. That enabled me to get going fairly early this morning. I started by putting up the ceiling in my office. I used old metal roofing material from a shed I tore down behind the cottage in Monteagle. Obviously I’m biased, but I think it looks pretty cool. If there is enough left I might see how Liz feels about using it in the apartment living room. That would be much easier and faster than the old flooring. Next I finished up the walls in my office.

I had to go over to Chapel Hill for more shiplap. I got a nice lunch at a gas station deli with a raspberry scone for dessert. Back at the house I unloaded the shiplap and installed an accent wall in Liz’s office. Then I cleaned up and organized a bit. My dad arrived as it was getting dark and we went to Home Depot in Spring Hill for some drywall mud and a few other things. We will both spend the night here and put in a long day tomorrow.

We focused on drywall today. Got Liz’s office and the spare bedroom finished. They each have a wood accent wall that I’ll finish later. After my dad left I spent some time cleaning up. I also cut and cleaned the old siding that will go in the apartment bathroom. It should install fairly easily. I also cut shiplap for the master bath and my office. I’ll take tomorrow off to relax with Liz and Little Man, but will be back at it on Monday. I need to go get more shiplap and sheetrock. It’s supposed to be raining though. The fireplace guys installed the pipe for the wood stove today. It will be a little tricky to install sheetrock around. This was probably our most productive week on the project, and possibly the most fun. It should just keep getting better and better as we roll towards the finish line.

We didn’t get a very early start, but we sure got a lot done. We finished the long wall in the kitchen/dining room and started on the vaulted ceiling in there. Hopefully we can finish the ceiling tomorrow, but we might run out of shiplap. My dad need to leave early, and won’t be back until next Tuesday. I should still be able to get a lot done by myself though. Today was the last warm day before temperatures plunge. Already it is chilly this evening and sure feels like fall.

We got started at a reasonable time this morning and really got a lot done. I primarily worked on the shiplap again and my dad focused in the drywall, with us each crossing over when the other needed assistance. All four walls in the apartment living room are now finished. I would have liked to have done some more, but ran out of daylight. Tomorrow will be another good day though, as I move over to the main house and begin work in it. I am all set up to knock out the accent wall in the living room. When we went to Ace Hardware this morning we saw Mike Wolfe of American Pickers fame. He seemed nice. We got a little bit of rain this afternoon, which led to a stunning rainbow over the back field. I even got out my real camera to take some pictures, although the ones below are just from my phone. We had lunch at the tasty gyro place near downtown. Tomorrow I also need to go get some more sheetrock, but first need to unload the trailer.