The Kitchen Saga - Walls

Drywall is not my favorite. I believe this stage of the renovation was the hardest. And, here's why.

Drywall is heavy. I could barely move it into the Kitchen, much less hold it in place.
Apparently, I am extrememly allergic to drywall dust. Even with a mask on, my alergies went ballistic!
Finding studs after the drywall is in place is harder than you would imagine. Even with diagrams, and pictures.
Mudding the edges, and screw-holes takes forever. You have to mud/sand, mud/sand, mud/sand, so many times. Plus drying in between each coat.
As you sand, drywall dust gets everywhere. We tried to block off our house, but it still crept all the way up to the attic. Everything in the house is covered :(

So, what do you think I did to conquer all of these obstacles? Yes, you got it right, I went upstairs while the boys handled most of the work. I did stay in the kitchen when they were doing things that wouldn't make my allergies go crazy, and I helped a little on mudding and sanding, but really not much. My main job function was to order lunch. And, I did that pretty well, thank you very much!

Jeff and Kevin putting up drywall.

I also had a tendency to come downstairs, and sit on the furniture dolly we bought, and scoot myself around to inspect the job the guys were doing. This prompted the nickname of "The Floorman." I really wish we had a video of this. I would go check-up on them, then scootch over to the heater grate to get warm again. My arms got a pretty good workout. I like to think I was an integral part of the process.

Mudding - See all the little holes, I did some of those.

After all the hard work with the drywall, we decided to get painters for the kitchen and breakfast room. As a reminder, our walls in the breakfast area were bright yellow, and royal blue in the kitchen.

Yellow on walls.

We wanted to go with something really neutral so our kitchen can change with us. But, I didn't want to go too bland, so we added a little color for the breakfast room.

Kitchen walls in Sherwin-Williams 6142 Macadamia

Breakfast room in Sherwin-Williams 6204 Sea Salt. All trim is in 7562 Roman Column.

We used Chicago Painters, Inc for painting, and we are so happy with the results. The painters were extremely professional, and got done a lot quicker than they estimated. They even have a 30-day touch-up guarantee. So, even if we accidentally messed up the walls, they would come and fix it for us. I highly recommend them for all your painting needs!