Remembering the week we had to hang board in that old theater downtown

Man, that job was something else. It was about eight years back, a full week of work in the old Majestic Theater before they turned it into offices. The ceiling was a crazy twenty two feet high in some spots, and the owner wanted us to match the original curved plaster with new drywall. We had to build a whole special scaffold system just to reach it. The worst part was the dust, a hundred years of it, and we were breathing it in all day. But when we got that last piece of mud on and stepped back, seeing that smooth curve come back to life, it felt like real craft. You don't get jobs with that kind of character much anymore, it's all quick turnover on new builds. Anyone else have a story about a job that just felt different from the usual?

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evannelson1d ago

My version of "craft" is when I manage to hang a picture frame without putting three extra holes in the wall.

andrew_kelly1d ago

Three extra holes" is the real goal here. I mean, is it even a successful hang if you don't have to patch something first? That feels like part of the process.