On Friday morning, the sheet rock was mostly complete. Tom Riggs and his crew were putting the corner trim on and cleaning up in preparation for taping and mud.

Here is the bathtub deck with rock. The purple and green sheet rock are called green board and are used under tile in an area which will get wet, such as a tub back splash.

Here is our shower with green board. I kind of like the color. We had thought at one time that we might use green tile, so here we get a rough idea of what that might look like.

We nixed the green tile because it is so unflattering. I figure I need all the help I can get when I see myself in the bathroom mirror and I don’t need to look green too.

The kitchen/family room is completely sheathed in drywall, including the ceiling. The black stripes you see on the range hood flue is corner trim. We are using rounded corner trim to soften the corners and make the walls seem more like they are plastered.

The guest bath with green walls and blue tub.

Notice the little ledge at the right of the tub. The wall at either end of the tub was supposed to jog in a couple of inches to fit the tub perfectly, but Kai missed this detail in the framing and so did the framers. We have used the extra space to build this little ledge.

I am much happier with this arrangement than if it had be done to plan, because one of my pet peeves is not having any place to put shampoo bottles when taking a shower. Plus, it will make the shower seem a little more roomy.

Here is one of the attachments for the walkway beams to the wall, taped to protect it from plaster splashes.

There was some discussion as to whether these beams really needed to be attached—because it would be easier if they were just real, real close. However, it was determined that they did need to be attached for sheer strength as well as esthetics and I think it will look better this way.