Monday, March 14, 2011

Buh-bye bathroom hole in the wall

I haven't quite completed the drywall in my bathroom, but I did at least put a new piece in to fix the hole in my last bathroom post. Since they had cut out the studs in order to put in the medicine cabinet, I had to put new wood in the wall in order to have something to attach the new drywall to.

I bought mildew/mold resistant drywall and cut a piece to fit. I drilled holes in the new "studs" and attached the drywall with some drywall screws. Here's a preliminary picture before using any joint compound. I haven't finished the seams so I'll have to post that picture later.

Upcoming blog series: Kitchen Renovation!

I've been slammed the past few months preparing for kitchen renovation. Demolition starts today!
I plan to do a series of blog posts devoted to the whole kitchen reno process including finding contractors, designing, picking materials, etc. Hopefully my experience will help yours go more smoothly. I probably won't post anything until mid to late April when the whole process is complete, but I wanted to update my readers that there is progress on the homefront even though I haven't been blogging.

To get an idea of what I've been doing... I did a little demo myself in late January so that I could find out what was in the wall in order to finish design. Here's my handiwork: