They had to use a huge crane to move it...
... and then we had drywall piled in the living room...
... and in the master bedroom!
The guys who hung the drywall did an amazing job. Here's the master bedroom:
And the pantry before...
... and after!
Abby's bedroom:
In order to reach all the stairwell stuff, they had to do some rather crazy things. In this next picture, way up at the top, you can just see a guy balancing on a beam...
Sam got the downstairs bathroom ready for drywall...
It looks bigger with the drywall in!
... and the stairwell started looking pretty impressive!
Then we got hit by the fires. Sam's family was evacuated from their house in Escondido, so Abby and Anne came to stay with us. Since there was drywall stacked everywhere, we had to put an extra mattress in the garage! Luckily, their house was safe. The fires made for some amazing sunsets, though.
There were a lot of drywall pieces and drywall dust. I should've counted how many trash bags we filled. It was enough to fill the bed of Sam's truck! And how absurd- in San Diego county if you want to recycle drywall and construction materials, they charge you something ridiculous! So we didn't. But we both felt bad about it.
Then, Halloween came. Sam spent Halloween dressed as... a carpenter! He worked on installing our new front door. Here it is in the garage, ready for shaping...
Sam removed the old door, making life very difficult for our trick-or-treaters: we didn't have a door for them to knock on!
Naturally the door frame wasn't plumb or square, so Sam had to figure out how to configure the new door to fit with the wonky frame. He said at the beginning of this project that door-hanging was like the holy grail of carpentry, and predicted that he'd be pretty pleased with himself if he pulled it off.
Fitting the hinges...
Placing shims on the floor to keep the door level...
Chiseling the door frame...
Chiseling the door!
Testing...
Checking...
Admiring!
Of course, it is perfect!! Sam was pleased with himself. :) Oh, but we still needed a handle. And a lock. I don't have pictures, but at around 11.30 pm, those were in, too!
the next day, the drywallers came back and finished the living room.
All in all, we're pretty happy with how things are going! And the space under the stairwell makes a great fort!
These days, we've had some guys over doing the mudding of the drywall, and then we'll be ready to paint! But first, a much deserved vacation for Sam: we're headed to Baja for five days, and hope to get some good surfing in. More updates when we get back!
