They started the sheetrock this week, and as you can see, they are moving really quickly! In fact, they worked on Saturday and it sounds like they were going to work on Sunday as well. Here is the view from a few feet inside the front door.
This is the coffered ceiling in Georgia's master bedroom. The ceiling height on the second floor is eight feet but the inside of the coffered area is over nine feet high, which adds a lot to the volume of the room in addition to being an interesting architectural feature.
This is the second floor hall looking toward the front of the house, with the door to the second floor porch in the center.
This is the dining room; note the tray ceiling (which matches the ceiling in the living room across the hall) and the box bay window. The white box with the exhaust tube is a heater; they tape the drywall and then mud it to cover the seams and need the mud to dry well before they apply the next layer. They apply three layers of mud in all, then they sand it smooth. That's the MESSY part - luckily it won't matter in a new house.
We learned an interesting thing this week - our builder doesn't put on the siding until after the drywall is hung since there's a chance the house can settle due to the weight of the drywall. There's a low probability of that happening, but why take the chance. So after the drywall is all hung we should see the siding go on!
This is the coffered ceiling in Georgia's master bedroom. The ceiling height on the second floor is eight feet but the inside of the coffered area is over nine feet high, which adds a lot to the volume of the room in addition to being an interesting architectural feature. 
This is the second floor hall looking toward the front of the house, with the door to the second floor porch in the center. 
This is the dining room; note the tray ceiling (which matches the ceiling in the living room across the hall) and the box bay window. The white box with the exhaust tube is a heater; they tape the drywall and then mud it to cover the seams and need the mud to dry well before they apply the next layer. They apply three layers of mud in all, then they sand it smooth. That's the MESSY part - luckily it won't matter in a new house. 
We learned an interesting thing this week - our builder doesn't put on the siding until after the drywall is hung since there's a chance the house can settle due to the weight of the drywall. There's a low probability of that happening, but why take the chance. So after the drywall is all hung we should see the siding go on! 
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