Labor Day weekend lived up to its name. I made a 4-day weekend out of it – and spent it all in the basement. Dad came down for the weekend as well, so Donna and I had some much needed help. It doesn’t get much more tedious then finishing a drywall job. This is where it all catches up with you – a little uneven framing here, a bubble in the tape there – it all has to go away in this stage. Coat, sand, rinse, repeat…until it all disappears.
When Sunday rolled around pretty much all the drywall was finished. The final tally was 45 gallons of mud. It was great to sweep up and know the end of dust-filled days was in sight. By the afternoon Donna and I began painting. We got two and half room primed that night.
Gradually the dark, dusty basement is finally looking like a real living space. Priming will continue throughout the week. Hopefully everything will be primed by the end of this weekend. Painting in general will be on-going for quite some time. We have 20 gallons of paint queued up (and probably more to come).
Tags: Basement
