Let's Rock This Place

And by that I mean sheetrock.

Blessedly, finally and mercifully we've arrived at the sheetrock stage. That's the stage where all the work you've done up to this point gets covered up and is never seen, nor appreciated again. It's hopefully just taken for granted because it works.

This is that hidden window we discovered when we removed the cabinets in the back corner of the kitchen. The back wall here was becoming a problem that was taking more time to fix than...

...it would be to just rip out and start over. In my mind I hear my father, "If you're going to do something do it right." and so the wall goes away so we can make one that it straight and true. 

As the jumble of mixed up boxes, walls, soffits and ceilings came out we discovered... wait for it... MORE WINDOWS! 

Will wonders never cease - the window runs the full length of the wall. Painted over because they built the hideous deck over it with the giant brown hot tub. That will all be rectified in stage two which will be the exterior and the landscaping. 

New door, new wall and we're going to leave just a hint of the beam exposed to carry the theme through to the back of the kitchen as well. 

The kitchen is now fully sheetrocked. The wall in back was done with 3/4 plywood instead of sheetrock so as to add some lateral stiffness to the house. Not needed but nice and easy to do. It will also make the hanging of cabinets in the back a cinch.