inching into the family room...
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 11:12PM 
As previously mentioned, I've been preparing to texture the kitchen ceiling, buuuuuut.... remember the wall I knocked out between the family room and kitchen? As you can see on the left there's a big 'ol chunk of missing ceiling where the wall used to be (not to mention the missing drywall on the right side wall). Since that portion of the ceiling needs to get textured as well, I figured it would be wise to fix it so I could do all the texture fun at once. I actually did this entire job today- I'm getting pretty good at the drywall and mud thing. I'm still going to have to sand and mud at least one more time, probably twice to get it all nice and smooth, but it's a good start. As you can see below, the ceiling was a pain because there were a ton of big nails sticking out:
Not totally obvious in the pic, but there were about a dozen of them hanging. I cut them down using my rotary tool with a cutting disc. This makes for sparks galore, so you spend the entire time wondering if the sparks will ignite the ceiling insulation and burn the house down (didn't happen). I also got to use my newest tool...
... big mean Skil table saw. I got it and the DeWalt sander (to replace my other that died) for $120 at the local pawn shop. Yet again, I've scored cool stuff for cheap on the backs of the downtrodden. Though it's massive overkill, the table saw is actually great at cutting drywall (though it kicks out a hideous amount of dust).
Only issue left with this entryway is the side of the fireplace:
My original plan was to just shove another 2x4 in there and put a piece of wood trim over the whole thing, but now I'm thinking I might want to actually build wire mesh in there and do grout in there- maybe even add some rocks. I might try and find a masonry person. (Ir)regardless, this isn't pressing. The main thing was that the ceiling had to get done so I could do the texture, and now I can. The bad news is that this month is shaping up to pretty hairy, so my "this old house" time may be somewhat limited in the near future.
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