After we spent the weekend ripping out the carpet and taking staples out of our wood floors, we were trying to figure out what the next job should be on the million gazillion "to do" items. Sean, his dad, and brothers decided to finish the walls. After the extensive wallpaper craziness, our walls needed to be re-"skimmed" with a wall compound. There were endless nicks, crannies, and cracks that were uncovered once the wallpaper was gone. And going at the walls with the hardcore scrapers also took a toll. The boys had to patch and re-plaster every inch of the walls downstairs, including inside the windows and under the door frames. Here's some shots to demonstrate what we were dealing with:
It was a dusty, messy job-let me tell you!! They spent hours running over the walls, letting it dry, and then using their sanding sticks to get everything smooth. Dry wall dust is an unbelievable thing! The amount that comes off the walls is unexpected and how the dust spreads is another story (think on top of the toilet seat upstairs). It was a step by step process and they did a great job. At this point while being in our house, if you so much as rubbed a knuckle against the walls, you looked like you got hit with baby powder. However, it was a very important step in getting these walls one step closer to paint!! We also wanted to get as much of the wall work as we could before we finished the floors. Getting the carpet and staples out were just a few steps of many in making these babies shine!!
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