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Photographs by Jonathan Wilson
Preparations
We removed as much as we could ahead of time, including cabinet doors and the appliances.
Day 1: Demo
Prep the space and cabinets gone
Day 2: Demo
Tile, most of wall comes down
Saturday Inspection
The first time the girls were home since demo started.
Day 5 : Electrical
Kitchen outlets moved, circuits added
Day 7 : Electrical
New bathroom door 2 inches shorter so the new panel could fit.
Day 8: Electrical
Install living room and hallway lights
Day 9: Electrical
More lighting... very busy day... cut wall to height
Weekend Inspection
Spent time at home before and after a beach day, saw progress from Friday
Day 10: Drywall
Start of patching, starting in kitchen
Day 12: Drywall
Day 13: Drywall
Weekend Inspection
First time we saw most/all of the drywall patches in place
Day 15: Drywall
Plaster in the living room, water leak fixed
Weekend Visit after Day 18
Living room was prioritized, lots of drywall > plaster > texturing
Day 19: Texturing
Final layer of texture applied in the living room, corner bead added in kitchen
Day 21: Painting, Patching
Touch up work following ceiling painting the day before. 3 coats of 'ceiling white'.
Day 23: Patching, Prep
Kitchen prepped for texturing next week
Day ???
After being in Colorado for a week and a half, we missed days ? through ?, and came back to this on day ?.