Family Room Progress

      It has been awhile since our last update. The renovations are coming along more slowly now that it is mainly trim work. So nothing really major to report. The Family has been Mudded/ sanded and Painted. I finally got to break out my Paint Sprayer. Kristin was a little unhappy with me that it only took me 3 hours to paint the room. Thats Primer, ceiling paint and top coat all in 3 hours (with drying time). Go Go Gadget Paint Sprayer :) 

     The Family room was the last one that needed molding and that was also completed. No more Crown molding Miters. Inside Miters no problem (Coped Corners) Outside miter = lots of Puddy (no square walls)

     Also you will see in this picture my new early Birthday present (13 Drawer Tool Chest). We were both tired of tools all over the house and zero organization. 

New Dinning Room Floors

     The original plan for the dinning room floor was to install the same flooring as the kitchen. This would have tied the two rooms together nicely. After tearing up the old carpet flooring I realized that the dinning room was actual a raised concrete slab. You can't really nail 3/4 hardwood flooring to concrete. I guess we could have laid a couple of layers of Sub-floor ply down  but instead decided to go with an Engineered hardwood floating floor. At least now I will not have to finish the floor. The product we bought was pre-finished.

Family Room Update

     The Family Room originally had wood paneling on the walls. Wood Paneling is is about 1/4 inch thick. We put up new drywall. Drywall is about 1/2 inch thick. This meant that all the casings around the doors and windows no longer came out far enough to be attached to any case molding. GREAT :(

     The only solution was to build out all the window and door frames the other 1/4 inch. Easy enough right? Wrong, of course none of the gaps were a 1/4 inch. The varied from 3/8 to 1/8 around the same casing. So I had to put up 3/8 thick 3/4 inch strips and then sand them flush. This was not fun. Very Very Messy.