More Work on the Dining Room

The work in the dining room continues! The scraping of the layers of wallpaper which was underneath the wallboard has been a slow process. Thankfully, I don't have to strip everything off- just anything that has a loose corner hanging off.




After the scraping was done, I took the Plaster Weld which was the consistency of milk (and cost $29 for a gallon) and painted it over all of the walls to seal them so that the dry plaster wouldn't suck in the moisture from the drywall mud when applied (which would make it crack)



Jeff ended up renting a drywall lift to do the ceiling- mainly b/c I've discovered that I'm not strong enough to hold up at 4x8 foot sheet by myself while he screws it in! The process was frustrating though, b/c 100 years of settling floor joists and plaster make for a not-so-flat surface to adhere the drywall to. Let's hope the mudding job hides it all :-)



I told Jeff that I hope he appreciates that not every wife would be up, hanging drywall with a hammer drill, at 3 AM with him!


And... Ta da! The ceiling is now covered with drywall! It still needs to be mudded, but it looks so much better already! :-) The end is in sight!!