That Darn Window...

To be totally honest, we don't spend a ton of time in our basement.  We use the computer in the office and do laundry in the laundry room, but we hardly ever hang out or watch TV down there.  I'm sure as the kids get older and start having friends over, they will retreat to the basement to get away from Shannon and I, so maybe this room will see more use in a few years, but I also think us not spending time down there has a little to do with the fact that it is kind of not finished.  We haven't painted, arranged furniture, set up the surround sound system for the TV, or decorated.  I also still have a few light construction projects that need to be finished, which brings me to this post.

We replaced the window in the basement family almost two years ago (HERE).  Nothing really changed with the status of this window until about a year ago, almost exactly, when I finally hung the sheetrock on the inside of the window (HERE).  I am still making very slow progress, but I did get a little more done recently.  I have been putting it off for a long time, but I got the sheetrock taped and the first coat of mud applied!  I really should give my sheetrocking skills more credit, because for as much as I HATE sheetrocking, the mudding actually turned out pretty good!

I think I did a nice job of smoothing and blending the mud from the new sheetrock to the existing wall!  The next step is the messy one, sanding.  I am going to try and use a special grated sheetrock sander my brother has and keep a shop vac running the entire time I'm sanding to try and minimize the mess.  I'm sure I will have to mud, sand, and repeat at least one, if not two, more times before it is paintable.  My goal is to get this window totally done before it gets nice outside and I start doing outside projects.  Let's hope I am not doing my next update on this project in March 2011!