The old room had a thin layer of loose-fill cellulose insulation over the ceiling, but it didn't do much. The new room has new fiberglass insulation in every wall, including the interior walls, which are insulated for sound.Then it finally started to look like an actual room again. The plywood gives the wall extra strength to resist impact, and makes it easy to hang things from the wall - as long as it's not too heavy, you can pretty much just throw a screw in anywhere - no having to finding a stud, which is nice.
The door also went in around this time. I opted for a solid wood door, and got a very nice stainless steel knob and lock set.I wanted to do something interesting and unique with the room while I had the walls open. I also wanted to find a good use for the slate tiles I had salvaged from the old roof. So I decided to build a set of small slate liqour shelves into the wall.
My dad came up from Virginia after Christmas to help me finish putting up the drywall, since the project was way behind schedule by that point. Cutting drywall to fit was a big challenge, partly due to the odd shape of the room and ceiling, plus the exposed beam and slate shelves I had to cut around. But it was also a challenge due to the bad angles and dimensions of the room. Because this part of the building was almost 100 years old, nothing was perfectly level or square.Spackling was one of the more challenging parts of the project. Again, the odd shape of the room made things difficult. The ceiling peak was particularly challenging, but a really great joint tape product I found called Strait-Flex made the job much easier. It came out amazingly well, given the difficulty of the job. |
