Progress



Well after priming last week, I lazed around all week and basked in the "almost doneness" of the basement until about 6:15 this morning. At that time I decided I'd start putting the color up on the hallway. We went with the classic, and neutral, taupe. Much like the beige that so many of us cube denizens have become desensitized to, but just edgy enough to be something different and therefore nothing like beige. Besides it's a color we have elsewhere in the house and ties the other colors together nicely and it isn't white. In addition to the painting, I also put up the wall sconces in the hallway, which match those in the "man room", which is also almost done, just starting in on the built-ins thanks to my friend over at OldStoneHouse sending me something to cut wood with. We wanted to go with movie house/deco style for the sconces and found these lights at a showroom in Seattle. This outfit definitely had items that you would not normally find at your big box and their prices were great. So here are some pics of the setup including the 100 inch screen. Very nice to watch movies on!

The fun house....

Final push here to get done. Originally, I was going to leave the stairwell alone and just put new drywall up. However, there's a bit of a twist in the roof line, and when viewed from the bottom of the stairs it was quite evident that one side is lower than the other and it didn't look good.

I decided to "level" the ceiling out by firring it out. This did a couple things for me, in that it provided some room now to run wiring, and also add some more insulation. Hopefully, I'll have the drywall guys in here soon to finish this part up. Then on to the finish work.

I got a little bling from Amazon for the media room just before the weekend and just had to put them in and test them out, and there's a few more coming to finish off the room. You all can keep your speakers in boxes, I'll put mine in the wall. And as promised here's what things look like. More to come with the paint and built-ins going in.


I think we'll be painting the media room here soon too, as we've come up with some paint colors we like. Until then, if you get to Seattle, check this location out--I sea kayaked through 'em before gorging on turkey. And if you haven't had it yet the Anchor Christmas is tasteeee this year (remember it's different each year).