The drywall contractor started work on Tuesday. I went up Tuesday morning to point out a few places they needed to leave wiring exposed (bathroom floor heat thermostat wires, garage door opener wires, and wiring for under-cabinet lights in the kitchen). I thought they might start in the garage, but they were working in our bedroom.

As you can see, they put the drywall in right over the top of the windows. They come back later with little router-type tools to cut the excess away. They have hidden the top part of the window where we have equal-leg arches. Framing around those was one of the things I wanted to do before they started, but now I think I’m going to have to frame and trim them out later. I have some ideas about how to do it. It will be interesting to see how well the ideas translate into reality.

Here’s Leah standing in the door to the bathroom.

She said the bedroom looked smaller with drywall up. I think that’s to be expected. I have noticed that the appearance of a house bounces back and forth between small and large, depending on the state of construction (or which pill you have taken).

We finally picked out hardwood. It’s going to be a fairly dark, reddish, cherry-stained oak. We worried about getting the floors too dark. Neighbor John and his wife used very dark flooring for their new house down Wildlife Trail from us. We didn’t want it quite that dark. I think it will work out. We also found some wood-look tile that matches the flooring very well. We’ll use that in the kitchen and the bathrooms. I’ll probably buy the the tile in the next few days, since I can store it in our current garage. I’ll have to wait on the hardwood until we have a working heating/air conditioning system in the new house, since hardwood needs to acclimate to its future environment.

The drywall contractor estimated it will take a week or so to finish. I’ll call the tile installer in the next few days to let him know when the drywall should be finished, and then we’ll have to hurry to paint before he starts. He’s a pretty busy guy, so we may not have to hurry that much. I hope he knows a good hardwood floor installer. I also have to contact the electrician. Once the drywall is all in, the electrician can hook up some outlets to the breaker panel. Then the power company can install our meter and hook us up to power. Then the HVAC contractor can finish up his work, and we’ll have a cool house.

Then all we need to do is work on our own coolness.