If we only had some walls. . .

 

The beginnings of a ceiling!!!

Last weekend (the one before this one, actually), Greg, Dave and Erin came over to help us start sheet rocking Butters.
It was a full weekend – Thomas and I cleaned out all the floor joists, added plumbing in the kitchen (so we can have an ice maker in our fridge) wiring some more boxes, and finished tearing out the bathroom downstairs on Saturday.
Our awesome friends came over on Sunday and we finished cleaning and taking out even MORE nails (there were a phenomenal number – I’ve been pulling them since we started working on Butters!) and Thomas and Greg worked on framing out our soffit-to-be while Dave, Erin and I worked on starting the sheet rock in the kitchen.

We only have 3/4 of the kitchen ceiling done, but it’s still a big step.
Everyone says that once you get the wall and ceiling in, the rest is much faster.
If nothing else, I know it will make us feel so much better about all we’ve done thus far. It’s a long list, but it’s not very pretty yet, so it gets me down sometimes.

But! It’s coming – there’s a teeny tiny little light way down there – see it? You have to squint a little, but I promise, it’s there! (I hope.)

Before we started cleaning

After Cleaning

Which one would your rather use? Yeah, us too.

Herbie was very full after our night of cleaning!

Greg and Thomas working on the soffit

Thomas and I holding up stuff for the soffit

Still working on the soffit – it’s long!

Dave, Greg and Thomas trimming sheet rock (really, they were awesome!)

Putting up Some Ceiling!!!!

The beginnings of a ceiling!!!