Up Against the Walls (and Ceiling)

Our next trip was more of the same, only with the long Memorial Day weekend, we had more time.

Gerald worked on the walls, and after the first day had finished the walls in both the master and guest bedrooms.

The two of us tackled the remaining wall in the living room together. It was a challenge getting the boards behind all the stairs.

We had paid the same crew that did the ceiling to do the high part of the wall, which they had completed before we arrived. Here's how it all looked when we were done.

Gerald measured the strip separated by a beam in the middle to create a faux distressed beam that would complete the look.

Initially, I had worried it might break up the vertical height, but as you can see, the room still looks quite tall.

While Gerald worked on the bedrooms, I finished what I could of the utility room a.k.a. the "tack room." Then Gerald and I got to work on the ceiling. We got the utility room ceiling about three-quarters done before we had to leave.

Over the time we were there, we saw lots of wildlife. The workers who installed the high wall reported seeing a mountain lion maybe a mile from our house the morning before we arrived.

We also saw two javelinas, a couple of roadrunners and the usual jackrabbits and bunnies. These three mule deer were part of a group of five we startled one day.