So once we were done with a lot of the tearing down and rebuilding, we decided that it was time to focus on our walls. The benefit of not living in a house you are renovating is that there is no furniture to move and nothing to worry about damaging. Add that to the fact that the floors were covered with a semi-permanent drop cloth (i.e. the carpet we are planning to rip up), and you have a perfect opportunity to make a mess. Now, as you may or may not remember, most of the house was overed in plaster walls that were not in the *best* condition. Once the wallpaper came off, there were some significant cracks that had been covered up.
We also had a number of walls/rooms that needed to have new drywall put up. The plan was to do all the patching and hanging of drywall ourselves and bring in someone to tape and finish. In the end, the "all in" price the drywall company quoted us to skim-coat all the walls, hang the drywall everywhere, and make the place "ready to paint" within a week was too good to pass up. This was something that I, personally, was very hestitant about. I felt like we could have handled the work - I had done drywall and Gary had already hung a couple walls himself in the house. In the end, though, we decided to hire Jesus and his crew. Let me tell you… watching them work was amazing. I showed up at 8 to work on something else, and by the time left at 1, they had finished the first coat in all the rooms. They worked with the efficiency of a well-oiled machine. After day 1, the results were astounding!
Are these the same walls?!
In the end, we decided to bring them in to prime all the walls too - thanks to Steph's parents who got it for us as a birthday present. So clean!
They are like new walls!
Some people are just very good at their job! In the end we were so happy that we brought these guys in. A little extra money spent in the right places goes a long, long way…
We had some snags with them - having to re-prime a lot of the walls before we painted, a couple spots that needed to be "touched up", and an unfortunate and unwelcomed incident involving a bucket (don't ask…) - but on the whole, this was one place that I was glad we reached out for some help. The work they did in a week would have taken up at least 3 weekends, and we are crunched for time as is. Now the "fun stuff" begins!
We also had a number of walls/rooms that needed to have new drywall put up. The plan was to do all the patching and hanging of drywall ourselves and bring in someone to tape and finish. In the end, the "all in" price the drywall company quoted us to skim-coat all the walls, hang the drywall everywhere, and make the place "ready to paint" within a week was too good to pass up. This was something that I, personally, was very hestitant about. I felt like we could have handled the work - I had done drywall and Gary had already hung a couple walls himself in the house. In the end, though, we decided to hire Jesus and his crew. Let me tell you… watching them work was amazing. I showed up at 8 to work on something else, and by the time left at 1, they had finished the first coat in all the rooms. They worked with the efficiency of a well-oiled machine. After day 1, the results were astounding!
Are these the same walls?!
In the end, we decided to bring them in to prime all the walls too - thanks to Steph's parents who got it for us as a birthday present. So clean!
They are like new walls!
Some people are just very good at their job! In the end we were so happy that we brought these guys in. A little extra money spent in the right places goes a long, long way…
We had some snags with them - having to re-prime a lot of the walls before we painted, a couple spots that needed to be "touched up", and an unfortunate and unwelcomed incident involving a bucket (don't ask…) - but on the whole, this was one place that I was glad we reached out for some help. The work they did in a week would have taken up at least 3 weekends, and we are crunched for time as is. Now the "fun stuff" begins!
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