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Good morning! Man...these weekends without a computer are rough...can't wait until THAT'S over.

We did a lot of work on the office this weekend, but STILL haven't gotten to the painting point. You have to realize that when we started this, there were fake wood panels on all the walls, so we had to take THOSE down, take down the wood they were mounted on, and THEN the walls had painted over wall paper on 'em - several layers. So mostly we've been scraping and scraping and sanding and scraping. Finally got down to spackling last night, but I'm not sure what I'm s'posed to put in the corners - what do you fill dry wall corners with? Some sort of caulking? There's nothing there now - the first layer was wall paper, so they never bothered with any kind of fill.

Tonight we may get as far as applying primer. And then...painting is the easy part! Whew!

Also took a massive load of stuff to the dump...old carpets and busted appliances and furniture I hadn't gotten around to getting rid of and that was just sitting in the basement. Ended up only costing me sixteen bucks, so I was happy. Excpected much, much more.

Snow, snow everywhere, and not a flake for us! *sigh* Well, actually we got a few inches, but only a few. Bummer. Of course, I do realize there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, but...

And it's currently -15

what do you fill dry wall corners with? Some sort of caulking? There's nothing there now

good Lord... you'll have to tape and mud the corners... sucks to be you...

I'm proud of yuh that you're takin' this on...

And it's currently -15

again... it sucks to be you this mornin'...

I was movin' our choir director into his new house all day Sat... temps in the teens, dipped into the single digits, a refresheing 20-30 mph steady wind, with gusts into the 50 mph range... thank God fer insulated Carhartts...

I'm not sure what I'm s'posed to put in the corners - what do you fill dry wall corners with? Some sort of caulking? There's nothing there now - the first layer was wall paper, so they never bothered with any kind of fill.

Mudding and taping is hard. Would a painted corner molding cover it?

Well Rosie, look at it this way, if y'all had gotten a load of snow and all the accompanying wind, you wouldn't have been able to get stuff to the dump. You're that much farther along than you might have been!

They make a tool that spreads drywall compound into corners. Is there a tool rental story anywhere near you? You can call to see how much it would be to rent one if you don't want to buy one. I really don't know how much they cost, but I wouldn't think they'd be very expensive. Or maybe just a bead of caulk, run straight down the corner, then wet your finger and smooth it down so that it blends in with the wall on either side.

HTH