And so today I started on the first skim coat of plaster/joint compound to try and smooth out the walls where the hutch resided and also where the chair rail was around the entire circumference of the room.
It has been 11 months since I did any work like this. I completely forgot how messy even the simplest mudding can be! Ack!
I'm rebuilding the two north corners where the plaster behind the chair railing has totally broken and degraded.
I was going to totally rebuild the entire corners from ceiling to floor but I decided against it for now for the sake of momentum and getting the room done by the middle of the week.
I'm taking a stab at trying to repair the holes in the ceiling where the previous owners had plant hangers.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why they did not remove the damn plant hangers before they textured the ceiling.
I mean, I wish they hadn't destroyed the ceilings by texturing them but at least remove the hardware when you are doing work like this!
I'm using spackle and trying to pull it a bit to make peaks to hopefully totally hide the holes. We'll see how the first attempt worked tomorrow.
The thing that I really can't believe the previous owners survived without is an adequate basement utility sink.
I've had to commandeer the crappy 1st floor bathroom sink as my tool wash-up area.
How can you live without a utility sink?!?!?! Arghhhh!!!
Tomorrow: First wet/damp sanding and possibly a 2nd skim coat of plaster. I'd really like to have all prep work done by Saturday evening and have everything primed Sunday morning. I could get the walls started Sunday evening then.