J & J Log Home

The drywall guys are done, & they were nice enough to leave the scaffolding for us to use until their next job. We spent a couple days doing the last of the "high" work while we had a chance. We bought ceiling fans that have remote control, since both fan's are quite high. All the new sheetrock has a coat of primer on it as well. We also put a clear finish on the ceiling (4x10's + 2x6 T&G flooring). We didn't want to darken things up too much, so we used a clear waterbased poly in a satin finish, so it's not too shiny. Here's a before (from a while ago): Here's after we finished 2 coats (tired arms!): Here's a couple cool pics from today & yesterday:

Well, we had walls before, but they look more like walls now. After seeing the framing for so long now, I was quite surprised how different everything looked when we walked in the door on Saturday. Future kitchen: Downstairs bedroom: Upstairs: Master bedroom: Master bath: We only have 1 more day of chinking left, so we're looking forward to that. Next weekend we hope to have all the walls primed & painted as well, then onto flooring & cabinets.

We found a drywall crew that will install & finish all the interior walls & ceiling. The supply guys showed up this morning & brought in all the sheetrock. The nice thing about not getting it from a standard "big box" home store, the drywall can be ordered in larger sheets. Here's some for the ceiling, 16' long, wow! We also taped off some logs using blue painters tape, (an idea from Chris the other weekend). Here's a picture that shows a couple rows of each, some that were taped, & others that weren't. The taping takes a bit of time, but not having to clean the logs after is worth it!! (I labeled each that were taped and not taped) Hopefully by the weekend we'll have the drywall done.