Renovating Denver - One House at a Time

Almost Ready for Drywall!

Finishing up a few minor things before we are ready for drywall on the inside. Still need to get AC inspection, we’ve passed the electrical and plumbing rough inspections. Then the final framing inspection - and we’re ready for drywall. Mike spent the day scraping a few walls of wallpaper and falling plaster as well as pulling weeds in the backyard. Backbreaking!

I have been working on finishing the deck - caulking and painting the white. We think we’ll keep the exterior color scheme to white, a few shades of greyish purple and the red brick. We are soon installing a window on the upper (attic) portion of the front of the house. The master bedroom runs along the front of the house, so that window will allow light into the vaulted ceiling area. We originally had skylights planned for that room as well, but we bagged that - maybe forever, maybe until we replace the roof. There should be plenty of light in that room, so maybe skylights are overkill anyway.

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We also picked up our kitchen cabinets and they’re being stored in our garage. To save a few bucks, we rented a Uhaul and picked them up ourselves at the distribution warehouse. I’ve only opened one box so far, but they look great!