Sore arms...

Day five of drywalling. It's done, but still working on the mudding and sanding. I once (or twice) said that this was the only job I would pay someone to do, because I find it the most tedious, time consuming, and frustrating job of all renovations. 

Taping went fine, but one thing that we needed to spend a little more focus on was getting all the air bubbles out when we embedded the tape. After two coats, there are still several areas with bubbles. Bah!

Frustration and boredom set in when you're putting on a third coat of drywall mud, and its easy to run out of steam. Especially when there are a few areas that take longer to dry than others. One thing that I  didn't think of was that closet. With little or no air circulation in there, after two days the corners were still damp, and that of course throws off the timeline. It would have been nice to do each step of the reno sequentially, but with the closet off drying time by an entire day, parts of the basement are drying their third coat as I write this, and the closet is still needing the third coat. Oh, and I'm out of mud.

Therefore, I'm out of time and patience and taking a vacation. Back to the renos in August.