House Remodel -- Drywall

[murasaki99]

Yep, some "dry" pictures for you -- it doesn't get much drier than this!

Comments

[x_expat]

Looks good! Did Greymalkin attempt to eat the boxes?

How neat to see the house taking shape like this.

[murasaki99]

Grey was very good and did not eat the box. Rum and Saki used to be cardboard-carnivores when they were kittens/young adults, but grew out of the craze (mostly). Grey is the sock predator. :o

Thanks! It's been fun to chronicle the whole process. I've learned a lot watching come together.

[centaurg]

As Paula Smith once suggested to me: papyriphagous. Ours tend to be shredder-of-cardboard or shredder-of-sofa/carpet--and I'm sure someone will portmanteau a suitably obscure word for that, too.

Working on repairing a rotting fence; borrowing a post hole digger and discovering the joys of digging up buried treasure and slashing fingers on rusty nail ends--ouch.

[murasaki99]

Yes, they definitely used drywall screws - lots of them. I'm most impressed with the work, the young men really have a lot of experience and it shows.

[_steelphoenix_]

That really does look good! And a lot more like a house. Good stuff!

Hehe, the cats' shenanigans are to be expected... they're cats, after all. :P

[murasaki99]

Yes, all of a sudden it went from looking like an open barn to a house with rooms. Very odd perceptual shift happening.

The cats keep me on my toes, and no lie. XD

[kayshapero]

Beautiful kitties, I must say. "Always on the wrong side of every door..." :)

[murasaki99]

Definitely! There's nothing quite like "cat help" in situations like this. :D I've got little chalky paw-prints everywhere.

[kayshapero]

Long as nothing dangerous ends up inside the cats when they groom, I suppose it could be worse. :)

I once drove a friend to the vet with her two cats for a regular checkup. The cardboard box she was using for a cat carrier wasn't sturdy enough, and I had one come up front and try to "help" me drive. I bought her two proper designed cardboard cat carriers to bring the critters home in...

[murasaki99]

Well, the stuff is technically chalk, so not too toxic. I'm probably getting as much exposure as they are -- bleh! They did spray-texturing on the walls yesterday, so I came home to a house smelling of latex of some sort. *Cough* Kept the windows cracked and fans running, which helped.

Eeek, cats loose in the car is NOT helpful. 0__o