Drywall going up!

 I first want to say a big thanks to all of the workers over at the house!  I am amazed daily at not only how quickly they are working on things, but how nice and helpful they are when I am over there.  Spencer Roth and his crew have been great to work with, along with the guys from Wofford Electric, in Muskogee, lead by Jack Wofford, and also all of the other people in and out that play an important part in making this whole project come together.  So far this whole process has been really easy and enjoyable and I credit it to all of the people working on our house!  Thanks!!

Ok, back to business! Haha!  

Yesterday we drew out(literally drew on the floor with sidewalk chalk!) the master bath and decided where everything was going to go.  I am a very visual person so this helped me see how it would all work together and I am so excited to see the finished product!  It is kind of an awkward space with a closed off fireplace, 18" stone walls(which can make plumbing and electrical tricky), windows, and a sloped roof, but I think we will fit it all in and it will look great!  The door from the master bedroom to the master bath has also been cut out.  The drywall on the ceilings has gone up on the other side of the house and it's so nice to see the 2 rooms looking more like bedrooms and less like an attic.  This process will continue for several days to get the entire upstairs level completed.


Here are a few different shots  of the new opening from the master bath to the master bedroom.  

 We will be using the existing closet but expanding it because the majority of the closet has been taken up by HVAC.  We will take off the door to the current closet and use a pocket door on the expanded closet to help save space.


 In the master bedroom there isn't much wall space for furniture and because of the old fireplace, one of the 2 main walls isn't really usable for furniture placement, so we have decided to close off the wall to make it a straight even wall.  Unfortunately we are losing a little space due to the new wall, but we feel it is the best solution to accommodate our furniture(or any furniture really unless we wanted twin beds!).

Todd said it could be our "safe room" for bad weather, but we are pretty sure our entire house is a safe room given how long it has been standing and that the walls are 18" thick stone!  And a side note...it's only about 2ft deep so it would be more like a safe "crawl space" rather than a room!


Here are a couple of views of the 2 upstairs bedrooms that have drywall up.