Switched gears and decided to work on modernizing the look and the lighting in the kitchen. Going from all these small, nearly useless ceiling height cabinets To this Framed up the soffit that will hold recessed lights tonight And put up drywall...until I ran out of screws.
We did the opposite. We took them out and put up a grooved plate rack shelf and rope lights. We also put raised Panel door fronts on to jazz it up a bit
Don, that does look good...you should have just saved the soffits and shipped them to me. Wiring?! You mean I need lights AND wiring!? Above the window and behind the valance is a simple strip fluorescent fixture. It goes away, as does the valance, so I can extend the circuit from there.
Well, there are battery powered lights available.............. How many are you installing? Led, or fluorescent? So many questions.
I'm going with a couple small led on each soffit. The first picture shows the untouched cabinet to the right of where I put the first soffit. It too will get a soffit and two lights. The room has an ugly beam splitting the room so I think the new soffits will make it look better.
I made some progress getting some more done over the last couple days I stayed at the lodge. Just had time after and before work. I focused mainly on the master bedroom. Not that I didn't like the R2 insulation in the ceilings and walls, but I figured what the heck, let's tear out some drywall! I found a surprise when I was removing the last piece of sheetrock from the bedroom wall. I wonder if the previous owner is still looking for the bag of 8 penny nails? Interesting thing is this is the first time I encountered 3/8 inch drywall. This is a picture of part of the wall exposed. I found places of air infiltration between the sheathing and the framing so I caulked those joints. I ran wiring from this wall to two new ceiling lights and the far wall receptacle. Originally this room only had two receptacles and one not so beautiful light. Since I lost some of my pictures in this post I can't remember if I showed you the ceiling. Because the roof above this bedroom is a low-slope EPDM roof I don't have a lot of room to get insulation above the ceiling. What I ended up doing is installing Reflectix foil faced reflective insulation just below the roof but leaving enough gap for air flow. Below that I'm installing r19 batts. I'm hoping that the reflective insulation kick some of the summer time heat back out before getting into the house. Cross your fingers...I've never used this material. I plan on installing quarter inch thick fold insulation that I had left over from a siding project, onto the bottom of the ceiling joists before I install the sheetrock. Now the question is if I should keep that lovely blue shag carpet?
Carpet is warmer, but it holds on to dirt, mites, odor, germs etc. I took all of mine out. I have pets. carpets and pets are not a good combination.
Maybe the 8s were meant as a time capsule? No beer bottles? Although the shag carpet is a lovely blue, I'd suggest losing it. We put down vinyl in most of the house......so much easier to deal with the dog hair, dirt, etc. I'm curious why not R-15 in those bays? Same thickness as 11. I like that you stapled to the stud faces.
I'm just glad they didn't use the 8s to attach the drywall! Just back to cost. I had some R11 already on hand and bought the other R11 on sale.
But you wouldn't have been to surprised if they did....would you? Yeah, I've been trying to use up some stuff I have in the shop for the laundry room. Makin' it work.
You'd hear a few bad words from Iowa if they did. It would be interesting to see the payback period between R15 and an R11.
the voices in my head! Dennis leary song.. I used to swear in french but now wife and MIL are bilingual. ..
