Sheetrockalypse

When I woke up at 6:15 on Thursday morning, this was the scene on our street:



When I left for work an hour later, our second floor looked like this:

 

When I came home Thursday evening, it looked like this:

This is the dust containment door, moved down to the bottom of the stairs:



Here are some hallway shots:





The inside of the library:



Here's the HVAC closet in the craft room:



Here's the small bathroom:



And the master bathroom:



Here's the server closet:



And the master bedroom:



Then, when I came home at noon on Friday, it looked like this:

The library:



The master bedroom:



The closets between the master bedroom and the master bathroom:



Views from the hallway:



Views from inside the library:




A shelving nook in the hallway, which we've carved out to get some dead space back from the HVAC closet:



The server closet:



And the HVAC closet:



To be continued: mudding starts on Monday!

Staying Cool

I'm not a big fan of air conditioning.

However, I am also not a fan of sleeping on the living room floor. Which is what we did for the entire month of July last year, after setting up our bedroom in the attic and then melting to death in our sleep.

So: we're installing an air handler on the second floor, so that at least all of our bedrooms will stay cool. It's taken a bite out of my craft room, but I think less is actually more when it comes to having a place to hoard art supplies.

Most of the ductwork will be hidden in the ceiling joists, but we'll have a big exposed oval duct running along the exposed steel beam in the library, which (we hope) will complement our steampunk decor.

 

Also in the ventilation and cooling family: 

Bathroom fans are the least glamorous thing ever, but getting them installed was another major milestone this month! 

Staying Warm

As happy as I am to have insulation, I was more than a little bit sad to cover up the gorgeous dark wood that was hiding beneath all of our lath and sculpted mustard plaster.

Here's the Before:










And here's the After: