After tearing out the existing
drop ceiling new drywall had to be installed. Below is one corner of
roughed in sheetrock.
Roughed in corner
Unfortunately,
the dimensions of the kitchen were bit larger than 8 feet in both
directions. Drywall comes in sheets larger than 4x8, but an 8 foot
length was all I could carry up three flights of stairs. This
necessitated at least two seams, one of which had to be a butt joint.
This was taken lying on my back on the floor.
For
an ambient lighting solution I opted for
6 foot T5 fluorescent lights mounted atop the wall cabinets. The glow
is visible in the top photo. To hide my lack of mudding and taping
experience I located the above joints as far from the light as
possible, i.e. the center of the room. For those not up on their
fluorescent bulb standards, T5's are about the thickness of a street
vendor hot dog, sans bun. Typical bulbs in commercial installs are
T8's. They're about the size of a knockwurst.