Put Some Mud on It

Because our living room was 2 toned in bright colors and there were a lot of cracks in the dry wall, we taped, mudded, sanded, and primed everything. At first we started with drywall tape which bunched all up on us and turned out to be incredibly frustrating. So, JC turned to facebook about his "crack in the drywall" woes and tons of people suggested the fiberglass mesh tape... ta da! What a difference. We had the living room and dining room taped and mudded in one evening. First we went around and scraped all the bumps and crud off of the walls, especially around the windows.

 

J handled all the big stuff and I went around driving the nails that had wiggled their way out back into the drywall. Then it was mud, mud, mud, scrape, scrape, scrape.



Sanding is disgusting. Luckily, JC didn't mind doing this part and I conveniently found other things to do like laundy and dishes, you know, things that just can't wait.



By the end of the night, our house was a hot mess. We ended up tearing off the wall paper in the old dining room and the DUST from sanding was incredible. Oh my, my, my.



The dust covered everything, but mostly it covered JC. Here he is sporting his "intense and creepy" face. The dust adds the creepiness. Spookay.



...and here we are at the evening's end. Notice that I'm not so dust covered?



Ahh, happiness.