We have a half story upstairs. We are fortunate because someone already made 2 spacious closets up there, there's electrical run, HVAC is there, and there are walls and a ceiling.
The paneling walls don't bother me too much, but there was an awful acoustic ceiling and one (1!!) light upstairs.
Guy and I decided to rip down the acoustic tile, and add a cubby (see the wall on the right? There's nothing back there but paneled-over empty space, so we cut in a door, and we can squeeze about 6 large totes in there.) Also we added dimmable LED recessed light, which I love.
We started this at the beginning of February, and since it's hot in the summer, we went to Cedar Point instead.
We are back at it and we have 100% of the drywall hung (never again), and we are in between finishing mudding and starting sanding.
Then it's paint, trim, and rip up the carpet.
In the meantime, here are some photos of our progress.
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| Acoustic tile gone |
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| Furring strips |
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| Old Kimsul Insulation vs. new |
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| Furring strips |
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| We removed these furring strips, freeing up headspace |
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| Nasty old insulation, new recessed LEDs |
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| That's better! |
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| This was a sweaty job |
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| Removed furring strips |
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| Discarded trim |
