We spent the weekend building our Chinese house set in our garage. With help from our neighbor, Jerry, we got all of the walls raised and set up by the afternoon! Right now, we’re sealing the joints and screws with joint compound before we tackle priming and painting the walls. Soon, our furniture will arrive, putting the finishing touches on a late 19th-century Chinese house!

See the photos after the jump!

• The raw materials layed out in our garage.
• Jerry creates the basic frame of the 12-foot wall.
• Seeing how large the wall will be when complete.
• Getting ready to nail the supporting 2×4s in place.
• Jerry uses his circular saw to cut more wood.
• Construction is hard work.
• Laying out the sheetrock.
• Attaching the dry mount screws.
• I can build virtual things, but I’m almost all thumbs with physical things!
• More drywall screwing. See a pattern here?
• Raising the wall.
• Jerry gets ready to attach the wall to our garage beam.
• Big thanks to Jerry who helped us greatly with creating our walls!
• Securing the wall to the garage.
• Rae stands in front of one wall of our set.
• Our set, ready for joint sealing, priming, and painting.

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