BREAKING DOWN THE LIVING AREA
Since I have extra help for the next couple days, I decided
to finish off the ceilings and strip the living/dining room. We pulled all of the trim in the room and
removed the carpet/pad. The results were
mixed- the wood floor in living room area (front door) is in great shape
however the floors in the dining room are covered with old laminate residue and
there is a 14x30 plywood cut out that probably used to be a cold air return or
something. A decision on the dining room
floor and a more decorative solution for that beam running across the ceiling
will need to be addressed in the coming weeks.
We moved on to drywalling the ceiling to cover up the same texture that
was in the bedrooms. There is a mystery
switch inside the front door that is live however we are not sure where it
goes- I busted up the ceiling in the middle of the room trying to find an old
ceiling light but found nothing. We
finished the day by doing a general cleanup and moving all of the tools to the
laundry room so they will be out of the way for the next week. The plan for Wednesday will be to prime the
bedrooms, start mudding the living/dining room and painting the uncut lengths
of trim that will eventually go into the rooms (baseboard/crown/casing).
Drywall and clean up looks great. The diningroom floor looks questionable. Hard to get that pad stuff off and what about those holes covered with plywood? what are your ideas?
ReplyDeleteSo if you reuse the boards in the laundry room - will you NOT look for an old air return grating to cover the patch work? Have you checked on craigs list?
ReplyDeleteI don't know. There are 2 small areas like you see in the picture and 2 large areas that I haven't started on yet. I am going to see how the small areas go and make a decision on the larger ones. I think a cold air return would look appropriate especially in the large hole in the middle of the hallway. I have several people looking for the grates and a family friend who has someone who could make a grate if needed. Ultimatly it will depend on how the seam looks and the price/style of a grate
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