I Love Drywall

Does anyone ever say they love drywall? Well I do!

I Love Drywall - So Much Better With Age

Never have I ever been so excited for drywall. Yes. I love drywall.

Three words I never thought I would say.

I’ve lived through many renovations growing up and owned four homes in adulthood all requiring renovations with drywall.

At the last house there was a forgotten hole in one of the closets that needed drywall repair and when it came time to sanding it I just said STOP. It’s in the closet. I’ll leave it with mud on the wall. Thank you very much.

The worst thing in the world is drywall dust.

But now that drywall has gone up at the Sweet Little Bungalow, I’ve never been more excited to see drywall, ever.

Sand away boys! Let the dust fall where it may.

An empty room with just drywall.

Opening up the wall has really made this space feel so open now in the house.

Scaffolding in the dining room/kitchen.

And so light and bright!

There are two garbage cans in the room.

At the last minute I decided on a new fireplace insert.

I was going to keep the old insert with the new mantel but I can see now I’ve made the right decision.

It’s going to look stunning.

A fireplace insert.

I found two vintage wall sconces that will go above the mantel.

The fireplace insert with plastic wrap on the front of it for protection.

There’s a small vaulted ceiling in the living room in front of the window that I’m going to hang a beautiful French inspired chandelier from.

The place where the wall sconces will be hung.

It doesn’t look like much now but I know that little space will be so charming.

Framing in the window.

The post had been bothering me all last week.

It needs to stay or else another beam would have to be added and I would lose my large kitchen window.

A look into the kitchen and dining room from the living room.

We’ve incorporated it into the kitchen island and there are some neat ideas that I’ll show you later that Donna helped come up with.

Boxes of carpentry stuff on the floor.

 The couch will go right where the scaffolding sits now.

Scaffolding in the living room.

Here’s the wall in the kitchen that will house the range, fridge and pantry.

The kitchen wall with drywall in.

And under the window will be the sink.

A window framed in and the kitchen sink will go under it.

This used to be where the other fireplace sat right in that corner.

It’s going from family room to dining room.

The corner of the dining room.

And I love these new dining room French doors.

New French doors in the dining room.

There’s a little bit of wall that had to stay to house some plumbing.

Looking down the stairs from the dining room.

And there’s the staircase leading down to the basement.

The staircase going down to the basement.

The powder room will be getting a new toilet too.

The bathroom with a toilet installed.

And a new railing is being made right now.

New railing up to the bedrooms.

I’m going to love this laundry room. I think taking out the small hall closet and incorporating it into a mud room was the best way to go.

It’s so exciting when you see your vision come together!

Stepladder leaning against the wall.

There’s obviously still so much to do but going into week 4 in the renovation, we are on the right track.

Just a peek at the corner of the stairs.

Drywalling will continue all this week.

Next week painting will start so I’m going to share with you the colors I have chosen later this week!

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9 Comments

  1. How wonderful to see so much progress! I know how you feel about the drywall, it just makes all of your ideas a reality when you can actually see the designated spaces and begin to envision how it will all come together. Very exciting – can’t wait to see your color choices.

  2. We’re renovating too. Not a total gut like yours, but we did some drywalling when we took out a wall. So I know how you feel about the drywall. It’s extremely messy, but it’s so nice when it’s finally getting done.

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