Who gets the biggest room in the house?

I do!  The biggest room in this house is actually going to be my new art studio.  And it will have a sink!  Confession time...I don't have a sink now and sometimes I don't wash my brushes - I just leave them in water which is a huge no-no for an artist.  The studio isn't quite done, but here are some progress pictures.

With everything ripped out.

New sheet rock.

Ceiling almost finished.  We opted for spray foam insulation (You'll see it in photos that will be posted later) and canned lights.  We'll put in some full spectrum lights in when I start using the space.  

Almost there.  Ceiling has been painted, we've used a metallic off white paint for all of the downstairs room.  It's now ready for the vinyl flooring we picked to match the hardwoods that run throughout the rest of the downstairs.

New remodeling term alert!!!   Andrew sistered the joists in the ceiling.  Sistering is basically placing new wood along side of the existing wood.  He did this for more support and also because the ceiling was sagging just a little bit.  So, once he sistered the wood, he cut the sag off of the old wood.  Now the Sheetrock could be put in without a bow, nice and flat.  The Sheetrock is now up in the ceiling for both the living area and kitchen! Here are some pics.

You can see we completely removed the wall in between the kitchen and living areas.  It makes the space feel a lot larger.  We also opened up the stairs by removing part of that wall as well.

We were there today discussing lighting and other things.  Next up is rewiring and plumbing.  And I think we have decided to put the washer and dryer upstairs.   Getting more and more excited!!