Dude, I got sooo plastered....

After the drywall was done, I started getting quotes on taping all of it. We did an average job of hanging drywall, so an average job of taping would no hide any of our various errors. The price wasn't too bad, but then I would have to prime and paint everything afterwards. We were also getting a quote from a plaster guy about the stairs. Smooth drywall and textured stair wall don't exactly scream "We belong together!", so we wanted to smooth out the stair walls. Just for S&G's I asked him how much to plaster the whole thing. To my amazement, it was about the same price for plaster! The bonus is that there is a square footage of ZERO that I would have to paint! The second super bonus was that plaster would hide our crappy drywall hanging! That sounds like a bucket of WIN to me, so we did it! In my head I was thinking flat plaster, but not smooth. Just a little texture, almost like ice that has been skated on (see how I tie it all together). I think it turned out great. It's a light grey, with a slight blue tint to it.

Nice cans!

It's true, I have nice cans. 11 of them! The recessed (can) lights are up and working. It may look bright, but no, my high beams are not on. Here's a fun math question. How do you put the can lights exactly 6 feet apart so they are all in the center of 2x2 ceiling tiles when the ceiling joists are on 16 in centers? The answer I cam up with was "you can't!". Hopefully once the ceiling tiles are up they are at least evenly off center.

Drywall Smywall...

The drywall is all up!! Take that unwieldy substrate! Overall it really wasn't too bad. Of course, I'm not the one taping it, so I don't have the final judgement. The top photo is the hockey board area with all the drywall up, and the lower photo is the artist rendition of how it will look when finished, if that artist was a drunk 5th grader who has used photoshop for a total 11 minutes. Whatever, good enough for now, and I didn't have to buy him the good beer.