Livingroom Remodel

Actually remembered to take a "before" picture

My wife caught me taking down the indoor siding

Looks like the stone fireplace was merely a facade

Down to the studs

Framework removed

"Before" shot of the outside, sliding glass door to be removed

New studs to frame the new door

New door, much much easier to go in and out of. I always disliked that sliding glass door...

Got the wall dried in

And now for the inside.

Oh, got some different siding to go with the deck, as it was already sectioned off from the other siding. I'll paint it white when I get a chance.

Drywallin'

Taking out the fireplace and chimney pipe, left a big hole in the ceiling

Figured I'd take out the chimney before it rained on me...

Not as messy a hole as I'd feared

Patched it with some new plywood

Added some window flashing, because, why not?

My new single layer has a bit of a dip in it from the surrounding double layer, but I think I did a decent job

More drywallin'

Got the mud smeared on there. My joint tapes were a little shoddy, but oh well.

Now to fix the hole in the ceiling...

Oh dear... I knew the floor was a little soft, but I ended up falling through it 😛 Luckily I didn't fall very far, and it didn't injure me at all. Glad it was me and not the fireplace insert... while there was a fire in it... yeesh. Years of dripping down a not-sealed-very-well chimney pipe rotted the floor out.

It was quite rotted.

Cut out the rot

Replaced it with new plywood and caulked it real good-like.

Have to cut a square out of the carpet so it's an easier patch

Doesn't look too bad from this angle

Back to the ceiling patch, got it taped and mudded, then sprayed some popcorn-ceiling texture on there, it's like it never existed!

Covering the old cedar plank half-wall stuff with some new beadboard, to blend in with the bar I built a while back

Forgot to buy more white outlets when I redid some of the electrics, so just went with the original black outlets and faceplates

New door with trim painted white

All done! My wife and oldest daughter cleaned it up and helped decorate it.