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Oct 22, 2009 
As I mentioned in the Office Progress post, the next step in finishing it for use was taping and mudding. If you had paid extra close attention to the pictures of the installed drywall, you might have noticed that I started with the screw holes then. I knew that at least those would be hard to screw (hah, pun intended) up. I was right about that one!
Well, being that I wanted to get the office done as soon as possible, I decided that I would go with non textured walls. We can always texture later if we want, but it is hard to go from textured to smooth. So I painstakingly applied the coats of mud thin and as smooth as I could. There aren’t many imperfections in the mud surfaces. I was pretty proud of myself. I threw up the paint and I found a few spots here and there that could be touched up. All-in-all, not bad for a first timer.
The next day, once the light was coming in better, I found an unexpected problem. The seams in the drywall that have the factory indentation are quite visible on at least 75% of the room. I didn’t put enough mud on. Everyone always says to put on thin coats, so that is what I did! I’m pretty certain that if the room had a medium texture, it wouldn’t be noticeable at all. But I will know that it is there, so I am going to fix it.
Has anyone else had this problem, or am I alone in staring at my walls from every possible angle wondering how I missed that little detail? 
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