Brianna came home today!
I did not get quite finish everything I was hoping to get done before she arrived, but eh, close enough. She exclaimed over all the work I did while she was away, which certainly made me feel good about it.
I put up the second coat of green in the hallway before she got home, and after dinner Brianna helped me re-install the thermostat.
I have actually wanted to mount the Nest Thermostat directly to the wall ever since I bought it, but I did not have a wall in good enough condition to do so until now (previously I used a steel mounting bracket and a plastic cover). The Nest is just barely big enough to cover the hole that had been knocked out of the drywall for the thermostat cable (which you can kinda see here), and I actually had to add some scrap wood behind the drywall to give me something strong enough to screw in to. But after doing that, and patching numerous screw holes from previous thermostats, the Nest is mounted all by itself on the wall.
Here's the plastic cover plate I used before, to hide the damaged drywall:
I did not get quite finish everything I was hoping to get done before she arrived, but eh, close enough. She exclaimed over all the work I did while she was away, which certainly made me feel good about it.
I put up the second coat of green in the hallway before she got home, and after dinner Brianna helped me re-install the thermostat.
I have actually wanted to mount the Nest Thermostat directly to the wall ever since I bought it, but I did not have a wall in good enough condition to do so until now (previously I used a steel mounting bracket and a plastic cover). The Nest is just barely big enough to cover the hole that had been knocked out of the drywall for the thermostat cable (which you can kinda see here), and I actually had to add some scrap wood behind the drywall to give me something strong enough to screw in to. But after doing that, and patching numerous screw holes from previous thermostats, the Nest is mounted all by itself on the wall.
Here's the plastic cover plate I used before, to hide the damaged drywall:
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| The old way |
I really like the way it looks now!
I still have to decide what to do with the old security system control panel (currently hanging loose, just to the left of the door). It is deactivated and ugly, but the wires for the security system run through out the house, and it would be a shame to lose access to that kind of infrastructure (also, I have no experience with patching drywall). Any ideas as to what I should do with it?
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