Starting the boys bedroom. Oh the Horror...

Hi, My name is Matt.   This Blog is going to be more a chronicling of my house projects.   We are currently in Year 2 of 10 in our home, and I will go back and recap most of the other projects we have worked on

Funny thing house projects, you start them with the best of intentions, and typically end them with either a feeling of great satisfaction, or utter dread.

I'm what I consider a preferential perfectionist.  82.33333~% of the time I could care less about random details.  I'm rather laid back, but the second I start a project I want it to be perfect, and it is NEVER... EVER good enough.
It's ok.... its not bad.  But it isn't good, and could be WAY better then it is. My wife loves our daughters room, and she

I started working projects 2 years ago when I bought the house.  And oh the projects I have worked on.
But I only recently started documenting what I have been doing. So here we are... starting the boy's bedroom.

So my wife went and got herself pregnant with my son.  My job (other than being a good father and keeping everyone alive) is to make the most awesome boys nursery I possibly can.

First to review the room itself.

Originally it was the office with all our movies and bookshelves and computers for the last 2 years it has been where we did our bills and played computer games.
Located in the North Western portion of the house, its cool in the morning but can get very hot in the late afternoon as the sun basically bakes the front of our house.

2 of the 5 walls have Wood panels on them. This room sits at the end of the hall way and cuts in a little which is where the 5th wall comes into play.

Here is the first before picture.  Not bad, you can see the wall paper that surrounds the other 3 walls.

This is the 2nd wall

This was the foreshadowing of what was to come.

And the after...  Shit.

Well, maybe it was just that one...   oh..

The customary tossing of the wall panels.  That's what I called it at least.

So here is the game plan.   After spending the better part of Saturday, literally angry cuz I wasn't sure the best way to proceed, I ended up just going to Mendards, and ending up catching Jeff right at the end of his shift.  He found one of the resident experts who suggested we do the following.

1) Sand down the areas and remove excess glue still on the walls.

2) Seal the damaged drywall paper with Gardz, this basically will prevent moisture from getting into the paper of the Sheetrock and bubbling up causing the obvious problems there.

3) Next we will use joint compound to smooth out ALL of the damage...

4) Sanding things to be even...

5) Prime

6) ?????

7) Profit

So, I will try and document each of these steps, and we will see.  

Let me know what you think.   Cuz the other option is pretty much breaking down the walls and installing new sheetrock. Which While is not a difficult project... its just overwhelming to me right now.