Sunday, September 20, 2009

Interior Finish Work


By far, the thing that is taking the longest amount of time is the interior finish work. I am doing nearly all of it with a little help from my oldest son. We really only get to work on it on Saturdays, and we generally spend about 12 hours each weekend. Once all of the other workers and contractors were finished, we were left with bare drywall and exposed concrete, and of course, a bare concrete floor. Above you can see how we cover the walls with drywall mud to smooth out the surface before we paint. This usually takes 1 rough coat, and 2 - 3 fill-in coats of mud to get it right.
In this picture, part of the wall is finished, but you can see the work in progress around and above the door. Note also the uncovered ceiling.
The picture above shows how the windows looked before the trim was applied.

Here it is after trimming and painting.
This is the view of the living room from the right hallway. Most of this room is finished, except for the flooring. The ceilings were first painted with a waterproofing coating, and then sprayed with drywall compound that left a dimpled appearance.
This is part of the view I wake up to each day. Notice the wall inside the master suite does not go all of the way up to the ceiling. We wanted to see as much of the grandeur of the ceilings as we could.
This is the other half of my morning view. It is the just finished master bath, as seen from my bed.

Here is a closer view of the Master Bath.
And another. In case you're wondering, the toilet is to the left of the window in a little alcove that provides just the right amount of privacy since there are no doors inside the master suite.
This is our other finished bathroom off of the main room in the middle of the house.

1 comment:

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