Drywalling a garage and arched window -- Overboard??

Once demo, garage door install and wall paneling were complete, we moved on to fulfill the "light and bright" priority for the garage.  Oh, actually before that, was electrical install.  But, since we had a professional do that, it's not quite a "DIY" type entry.  So, just pretend, we magically went from 1 outlet to 8 and 2 small light bulbs to rough install of 9 new fixtures.  More to come on that.

So, first, was drywall install.  One wall already had drywall since it's a shared wall with our neighbors and required extra fire protection.  (you can see my green & cream paint testing in the middle of this picture).  It wasn't in great shape, but we knew most of it would be covered by cabinets and a future pegboard.  And we kept repeating, "It's just a garage.  It's just a garage."  Tearing out usable drywall just wasn't in the budget for this wall.

The other side though had been filled with broken particle board.  We decided to drywall that.  Even though our future barn doors will cover most of the walls eventually.

This wall started like this.

Was stripped down to this.

And then drywall was added here:

Here are Aaron's learning lessons from Drywall:

1.  Make as few pieces as possible so that you don't have to mud and tape too many later
2. Hang the sheets lengthwise so that the majority of the mud and tape is at waist height.
3. When putting new electrical on an existing sheet rock wall, do your best to cut the sheet rock in one big long strip so that you can save it and put it back in like a puzzle piece.

That arched window was the trickiest.  How do you bend drywall?  I researched online and found the video below.  Aaron and I sat on the couch watching and nodding as the professional installs and cuts drywall about 20 times faster than we ever could.  Impressive, but nothing new.  And then comes to two minute mark in the video.  Where we suddenly learn forward and have an aha moment.  The following tip flashes across the screen:

You can wet the back of drywall to help it bend!


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuGu6l6T3Iw


 Yes, it's a bit pitiful how exciting that little revelation was.  But, that was the moment when we decided, why yes, of course, you take the time to finish out the trim of an arched window in a garage.  Is that at all overboard?  No, of course not!  And I think the final result is pretty darn great.