The t.v. is up! And the next project has begun...

The t.v. is up!! We actually got it done on Thursday. Well, technically it was EARLY Friday morning:) We were up til 3 am. We finished drywalling, I textured the wall, painted it, and then Marc and Chris got to work on mounting that sucker up there.
And...drumroll please....here it is!It was really weird at first to see our t.v. up high like that. And, knowing how heavy it is...like 80 lbs...it was a little nerve racking to trust that it won't be crashing to the ground. We got a t.v. mount where we can pull the t.v. straight out. It is so crazy...it looks like it is floating in mid-air. I should take a picture of that at some point. But I think it would be really cool to watch a movie that way.

Well, you know me, I didn't waste any time starting right into the next project...Saturday we opened up our wall that separates the family room from the dining/kitchen area. Our friend Kenneth has renovated lots of houses and he really knows what he's doing...so we enlisted his help. Here's after the demolition. They had fun dropkicking the drywall and seeing how far they could make it fly.

Here's getting the 10 foot header up since it's a loadbearing wall. It was a tense few minutes while they were getting this up...that header isn't light...

And here's where we are at now. After they got the header up, they worked on getting the electrical running properly. Our plan is to close the opening on the left that was already there, and move the opening to the right (as you can clearly see:) haha. But we aren't leaving it that open. It will be a 4 1/2 foot opening with pocket sliding french doors. So that's why we had to open up the whole wall, because you have to put in a huge frame for the pocket doors to slide into. So, wish us luck on getting it all closed up again...

Can I request an extension?

All of you that bet against me finishing by Wednesday...were right. Dang it! Our renovation reality over here went slower than expected (of course). I thought we were on track last night until Marc told me he needed another day to do a second layer of mud on the drywall. So...maybe by tomorrow night?? Definitely by the end of the week.

But, in the meantime I have been working on Jake's dresser and finished that last night. So I do have a picture to show. He has a Cars themed room, and so I decided to refinish a white dresser that I made to look like a tool chest cabinet.

Pictures to come by Wednesday

We've been working on getting all the wiring we need for the t.v. behind the wall...and so as of now nothing looks different. But, we are planning on drywalling tomorrow. Then we just need to texture the wall, paint it, and mount the t.v. And then I'll take a new picture. I'm taking bets on who thinks I can have that all accomplished by Wednesday:) And, Jake's dresser should be done by then too so I'll take a picture of his room too.