Sunday was a day to rest up for a busy week ahead...

 As I sit here in my pj's and take the day to rest I am so happy to be this far into the family room project, every day closer to getting things back together and getting that Christmas tree up.
I was so relieved to get the caulking part finished up yesterday, what a task especially when working over head.

The locally milled pine flooring arrived Thursday or Friday I can't remember exactly when.
I have been looking for an 8x10 area rug for the family room which mayjust be the toughest decision yet. I want a rug with multi color and pattern, wool and not the cost of a small car...that may be hard to find and it may not be found in time but I am on the hunt. Do you have any suggestions for me I could use the help?

1 Week coffered ceiling progress update

I'm just taking a breather from my crown moulding to give you a little update....
It is coming up on a week for the coffered ceiling project , well actually I suppose it is a week today that I started with removing the carpet and under pad and moved all the furniture else where so here is the 1 week update. Things have been going well , quite smoothly so far.
I chose a simple ogee  MDF crown moulding which is the same as is in our kitchen , nothing too fancy it is our family room after all.
Yesterday after sanding the joints smooth and priming I decided to tackle at least one square of crown moulding, Oh my I will be the first to admit I don't love doing crown moulding. I can quite smoothly install outside corners but inside corners I find quite frustrating, but I am getting it done, thank goodness for caulking. I will be needing over 300 feet of crown moulding for this project , which will cost me as much as the studs and supplies have cost up until now. It will add priceless amounts of style and character though so I am fine with the cost.
 Just FYI it would cost 10 times the cost to have it done for me.
I also ordered the pine flooring yesterday for the family room it has to sit for at least 4 days before it gets installed so that needs to get into the space at least sooner or later. I have decided on a design for the flooring I think it will add interest.
So here are my current pictures please don't judge my miters, its not at east as all those youtube videos make it out to be. Maybe I will try coping.

I am loving how it looks so far , but I am not looking forward to caulking and priming and then all the painting....it's a good thing I have most of my Christmas shopping done.
I better get back to work, so long farewell.

Coffered ceiling update day 3 and 4

 Things are moving smoothly so far. I was able to install all of the remaining side pieces to the studs yesterday. If we had not bought scaffolding than it wouldn't have been possible to do this part solo.

 There is so much priming then sanding then priming and more sanding...this is time consuming.

So glad we put up the plastic door, because this project is a huge mess maker, there is so much fine dust.

 So this project is pretty simple and straight forward. Just choose your placement , find your joists and attach 2x4's add double blocking , cut MDF prime and sand it (just one side and one end) nail those strips of MDF around the room at the ceiling and then sandwich them on either side of the 2x4's and then add a strip the same size as the 2x4 to the bottom of the blocking and then trim each box with crown moulding and then make sure all nail holes are filled and sanded also sand any imperfections and then caulk all the seams , easy right? then paint and paint and paint, get lots of massages you'll need them. This is a tough project on the back.

Here is how it looks as of 9:00 am today. I am going to get the rest of the bottom pieces in and then I am off to select a crown moulding.
I should really go get to work if I am going to get this done in time for Christmas....bye for now.