Spent a bit of time last week detailing the fireplace including cutting in the edges where the new work meets the existing and painting the inside of the firebox with hi-temp paint. My son installed and finished the tile in the front of the fireplace.
One of the other details that will be addressed is softening the window openings with the radius corner bead used on the front. As I mentioned the other day, radius bead requires a different backing strategy than regular cornerbead. Here I will install drywall pieces on the window sides and attach our bead with one side on the new drywall and the other side on the existing wall. I will also skim coat the areas on the back wall. I will give the dust control mud a real test.
In spending some time with the fireplace, it has been decided that we will reinstall the vertical blinds that were here. This is a mockup of what it will look like. These vertical blinds have the slightest amount of curve softening their lines. The fireplace door is not to scale. and the vertical line of the glass door are too fat, but you get the idea. The top bracket of the blinds will be hidden, and we are installing lights on the back side of the valances which will give this wall some real drama in the night.
The electrician will be by in a week or so to install ceiling lights, and the lights in the valances.
I love seeing home renovation from a computer geek’s point of view. My husband is a computer geek and it’s often interesting to see how his mind works differently in figuring out how to proceed on projects. We end up complimenting each other well, but it has taken a bit of adjustment.
Kelli,
Thanks for stopping by.
To understand the nerd in your significant other read this
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html