Back to the Living Room Reno

So.  It seems like an eternity ago that we did the living room renovation.  And honestly, there are still things that need to be finished, namely the ceiling, floor, and reskim the joints.  That sounds like everything, but it isn't.  We didn't want to re-finish the ceiling until the roof was replaced, and it is now.  We were able to get that done in April.

 Back to the reno...

We taped a large, heavy duty plastic tarp up during most of the demolition.  Here's a good shot of it.

We actually started by tearing off the evil paneling around the whole room.  When we got that off, we found BLACK painted drywall.  There is absolutely NO reason for this kind of thing, if you ask me!   

 

We went from left to right, trying to maintain as much of the interior drywall as we could, to re-use it where we could.  We learned to cut the seams.  We learned Donald is way too strong.  And we learned that there were lots and lots and lots of nails used in the construction of these spaces.

Mid-wall.












A better angle for two of the three rooms.




































I was trying to get the pipes out of the wall.  It was cold in there, we had the vents all closed.  Plus, this was during our first ever Polar Vortex.  Yeah, the weather sucked. 





Here's a couple of shots, post wall demo, as we were patching in drywall.

So, a few more sheets of paneling to remove.  Then we can start mudding!