Dry Wall & House Colours

With the outside looking like a real house, it was time to do the same for the inside with the installation of the dry wall, which, given this is an international blog, is also known as plasterboard, wallboard, gypsum board, sheetrock or gyprock. Whatever it is called, it's heavy; here's the delivery truck:

Using the crane to save time and effort:

And to avoid having to carry it upstairs:

Apparently we have personalised installers "J & J" drywall - I wanted the T shirt but couldn't persuade him.
Here's the guys beginning the install in the master bedroom. I was curious how they achieve the cut out holes for the recessed light cans with such accuracy. They measure the location prior to pinning the drywall in place and then use a thin router with a smooth tip that allows them to use the side of the light can as a guide to make the cut-out perfectly round.

Here's a later and more complete view of the master bedroom:

Here's the drywall ready for install in the laundry room and then how it looked post install:

Below is the master bedroom and behind the bath (and above behind where the washing machine and dryer will be) the drywall is blue which I believe is a water resistant coating used in wet areas around baths, showers and sinks:

Here's the guys working on the ceiling in the garage:

It was also time to decide on the colour to paint the house. This is certainly the most difficult decision we have had to make. We spent a lot of time looking at other houses to get an idea of colours we liked because it is very difficult to know how a colour will look on such a big scale and in different light settings when you are looking at a 3 x 2 inch colour swatch in the paint shop! We narrowed it down to three basic colour schemes which we then applied in sample form on the front of the house to try to make a decision.

Underneath the window are the two colour schemes that made it to the final. Weather permitting, painting will begin next week, so watch this space to see which colour scheme we chose!

That's all for now!