Weekend #9 was a short weekend, with a work day only on Saturday, May 22. I actually had to work at Ballad on Saturday morning, so that left Scott to get going at the house on his own.
The goal for the weekend was to get the ceilings up. Much thought went into what type of ceiling to put up. I knew we didn't want to do a popcorn ceiling. We also couldn't do flat ceilings because, well...the ceilings are no where near flat and in a 100 year old house, they just aren't going to be. We decided to do a knockdown texture, which gives a sort-of marbled look and helps to hide imperfections.
Of course, it required a new tool, the knockdown knife. 😊
Scott used a drywall hopper to apply the compound to the ceiling. He allowed it to dry just a bit, then went back over it with his knockdown knife flattening out the peaks and creating the marbled texture.
It went rather smoothly, I believe. Fully according to plan.
Okay, maybe it didn't go exactly according to plan. The best news: he started in the backroom, which has been the starting point for everything. The backroom has an old piece of carpet covering the floor, so the carpet took the brunt of the drama. That carpet is going into the trash at the end of this project, so it didn't matter. Because it was drywall mud, it came right out of Scott's clothes in the wash. Thankfully, he had an extra set of clothes to change into.
It is incredibly hard to take a picture of a ceiling. You'll just have to take my word for it - the ceilings turned out beautifully after the initial mishap.
When I finished working at Ballad, I joined Scott at the house. He worked on ceilings and I finished the last of the finish skim coating.
Did you hear that? We FINISHED skim coating the walls. What an epic moment this was. My right shoulder couldn't have been happier!
We headed home on Saturday evening and spent Sunday at our house in Knoxville. We haven't taken many days off since the start of this project on March 26. It is a real treat to be at home on a weekend day.
Here is the picture of the weekend work crew. We are still smiling (although I think we are looking a little tired here)!
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