I got a little bit done on the “Great Room” in the last week or so. It’s nowhere near complete, heck, the sheetrock is nowhere near complete (probably got a good $200 left to go on that alone). But it’s getting there.
I removed all the pieces of plaster/cement that were hanging precariously, there really isn’t anything at the moment that could come crashing down on young heads at any given moment. That’s a good thing.
So we got part of the ceiling sheetrocked, the east-side fan hooked up. I ran the electrical wiring for the west-side fan and put witches hats on the ends of the wires because they’re live now. I tore out the old round arch that was put in sometime around the 60s I’m guessing – early enough to still be plaster and cement, but late enough to not be done properly. It’s back to the 7 foot square shaped opening that the house originally came with – hopefully we can dig up some of the original moulding that went around it too.
The wall behind the stove, I discovered when I removed the bullshit “rustic panelling” from behind it, is actually cement and it’s in pretty good shape. I am a little worried that the sheetrock behind this will discolor from the heat (because the panelling did too), so I’m researching how I can smooth up the cement and maybe pigment it to closely match whatever color we’re going to paint the walls. If I can do that, it won’t discolor, it won’t be a fire hazard (not that I’m worried about something bursting into flames – more that it might just look like shit after a few winters), and the cement/brick might even store a bit of heat when the fire goes out at night.
Overall, again, the hold up is money. I have the time and the drive to do it, just no funds at the moment… hopefully we can do a little each month.