Adrienne's Office: Done!

We did it! Adrienne's office is finally done! Before: Looking in, from the door Looking out, from the window Day 1: Prepping & Patching Once we took all of Adrienne's stuff out, we found another hole in the wall to patch. Cut down a couple shims & nailed them in place over the hole, hoping that they would look more or less like a shingle when we finish: A piece of shim left over from that ended up fitting ok into the open spot on the side of the hole I patched the other day, too: Next step: sand the drywall! Adrienne in action Me, covered in dust After that, we cleaned up the dust & the Dirt of Ages from the shingled walls, & wrapped it up for the day. Day 2: Priming Painting these shingles is no joke, let me tell you. Making it look easy! It was a long day, but of course, we eventually finished: We also discovered that the red thing that everyone, including real estate agents & contractors, has assumed was a pencil sharpener -- despite it's being 8 fe...