Construction is a Dance

To the outsider, the theater project downstairs may not be progressing very quickly.  I've taken pictures as we've gone along since I love seeing Before and After photos after a project is finished.  It lets those who didn't follow along with us belong to the story through pictures if not by experience.  

Brian had much to fix with wiring--tearing out wires that lead nowhere, tracing light switches that never seemed to turn anything on, planning our future needs for lighting and how we want them to operate by remote controlled dimmers, etc.  

We would also like a bathroom downstairs.  To avoid future demolition, he moved a wall, wired, and vented the closet we'll convert.  Plumbing will come later.

There were several heating ducts and copper water pipes below the ceiling joists in the adjoining room.  Brian had to add nailers (forgive my inaccurate terminology--I'm not a contractor) on all of the joists and build a bulkhead to cover all of it.  An aggravating chore to cover a multitude of differing measurements--nary a straight line to be found.  (Insert "Dern Davis Homes" here--a phrase often uttered and used as a curse around the house.)

We began hanging drywall yesterday and will continue with insulation and drywall today.  (sigh)

It seems that just looking at the room, progress is slow, but there is the "quick-quick" aspect that we can see too--knowing just how far we've come in a short amount of time.  It reminded me of the "quick-quick-slow" dance.  Is it the Foxtrot?

Theater Beginnings

Looking back over the last few posts I realized that I have much to tell you all about.  Instead of one large, rambling post, I'll break down all of the news into smaller posts so as not to bore overwhelm you.  

My gift to Brian was to finally begin work on the downstairs.  When we bought the house 2-1/2 years ago we dreamed of making this house a home together. Since repairs to the problems that existed when we first moved are completed (we hope), we can now focus on finishing the basement the way we planned.  Part of that was putting in our home theater.  We've been using the basement as storage, so we began by clearing out the boxes and miscellaneous junk treasures stored in the area we wanted to begin work.  Here are a few photos of the basement "before" and now.

This is the Theater "Before"

This is what will become the exercise/craft area.

This will become our library.

Wall down and moved

View of platforms from front

Platform from the side