Thanksgiving day

We have arrived at one of our many "deadline dates" and instead of "arriving" we have taken several detours that are leaving us pretty close to where we were a month ago.

Detour # 1- I decided to remove the white book cases in the office. They are too damaged and shallow to be much use.

Detour # 2- Once the book cases were no longer holding up the walls, the plaster  decided to fall down.

Detour # 3- New drywall, plaster and priming takes an extra day.

Detour # 4- After removing the bookcases and old plaster on three of the four walls, a fourth area (below) decided to crack and buckle and we went back to demolition mode again.

Good news, our painter is also a drywaller and is willing to work through the Thanksgiving holiday to get us back on track.

Bad news, we don't have any drywall available and all of the stores are closed today, dah!  I imagine we may be the only people looking for drywall on Thanksgiving.

Word to the wise. Remove all exterior plaster walls during demolition. They will need to be removed eventually and doing it after you have put away your demo equipment is a real pain, especially on Thanksgiving morning.

Lath and plaster wall begins to buckle after the crew tried to save it with a layer of new plaster.  It had to be totally removed.

We think we can see the end of this very long tunnel, but G and J arrive tomorrow night and finding a clean place to put them is going to be a challenge. The plummer, cabinet guy and drywaller will all be furiously trying to put the house in order tomorrow and the next day, but I am not planning on having much of a guest room by tomorrow night.

Final look at the office with carpet sample and freshly painted walls.