"Long-Arm Room Reno" - Day 3 - Electrical/Drywall
At the start of the day -
It’s the second day that the men are working in that room and as such, we’re seeing big progress!
In the morning they got the electrical lines run and the drywall on the ceiling and some on some of the walls.
Filling in the empty holes takes the most time. I’m so glad Mike has help!!! That means I don’t have to help hold drywall!
About 1 pm they came up for dinner and then went back to work about 1:30pm! I know once they get drywall covering those ugly insulated walls, the room will look ever so much better!
We are planning to put 6 round LED lights over the area where the long arm will be - and then 6 smaller round lights on the side of the room by the door along the wall where I think I am going to put another regular sewing machine so if I want to sew while the machine is working, I can. Mike also ran the electrical line so I can put a tv up so I could have it on while I’m working the machine (from the front) - since we don’t actually have tv in the house, it’s obviously for You Tube or other websites that we can stream on it - using Chromecast. The main modem in the house is in the room two floors above this room (my husband’s office).
Here is Artur putting in some of the last drywall screws shortly before 5 pm.
By the end this day, all the drywall was up and in place and some of the holes for the outlets were cut into place.
Tomorrow’s plan is to get the first mudding of the drywall done and my husband hopes to get the holes for the light fixtures cut and ready to go.
X marks the spot for some of the lights (LED) in the ceiling.
Mike also did put two outlets on the one wall so that we can put a separate fixture above (and closer) to the long arm. He knows that I always need more light!
2 light switches. One is going to be for the main room lights and another is for another light for over the machine - as what we’ve seen in many long arm studios, they seem to have an extra light over the machine itself for better viewing.
From now on the changes may get more subtle. I knew that today’s changes would be radical! But once they start putting that drywall mud on - it gets exciting to me because it changes the look of the drywall. Having someone else do it and not us is helping as well - as my husband will let Artur do all the drywall. :) (great sacrifice, huh?) LOL. If you’ve ever done drywall, you will know that it is NOT a sacrifice.
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