Basement Work

Before Thanksgiving we finished the Family room in our basement. 

It was just a big room so we put up a wall to divide it nearly in half. The door on one end goes into our 4th bedroom that we will finish later.  The other door goes into our storage room.  We did lights, outlets and sheet rock. Then paint and carpet. It all came together quick and looks great. 

We put three layers of joint compound on the seams.  Working over head is tiring.

This is my homemade ceiling texturing tool called a Hawk.  You put it in a pile of joint compound and stamp it on the ceiling.

The stamping creates stalactites.  Then you knock them down with a trowel.  The best part of doing a knock down ceiling is that it completely hides all the joints.

After the ceiling was done it was time for sanding the walls.  Jennifer wanted a smooth finish, with no texture.  I sanded and felt with my hands to make sure the joints were just right.

I have a micro filter mask that I wear when I do really dirty work.

Jennifer helped with the painting.

Keenan got bored and fell asleep standing with his head on the stairs.

This is a picture from the boys bedroom into the hall.  We put sheet rock on both sides of the air duct and painted the air duct.  

We installed the carpet on Monday before Thanksgiving.  

It is very nice to have this area finished.  It was very dusty and dirty before.  It was no place for Keenan to play.  Now it will be a nice place for the boys to play and get their toys out of the front room.