I've been grabbing some time in the evenings (after the almost-three-year-old goes to sleep) to mud and sand the walls in the second bedroom. The screw holes and the wall corners were pretty easy. The intersection between the ceiling and the walls was more tricky and required some significant feathering. The reason for that is that there is a layer of cloth adhered to the ceiling to cover the panel seams. Since I didn't replace the ceiling drywall and didn't want to even think about touching the fabric, I had to build up a little joint compound on the ceiling corners to get over the lip of the fabric (it didn't go to the edge because of the crown molding). After about three coats of joint compound and a lot of sanding, I am done. Or as done as I can be and want to be.
If only I wasn't so obsessive compulsive and fixated on having smooth walls. It would be so much easier to just tape and mud the joints and then throw some texture on the walls. But I really hate textured walls. Maybe hate is too strong a word. But since their my walls, I guess I get to have them the way I want them.
