How to convert a closet into a mini wine cellar

Step 10 Hang Drywall

There are many other sites that can give a tutorial on cutting and hanging drywall. I will say, though, that the tighter the tolerances, the easier it's going to be to finish the drywall later. In some areas, my measurements were nearly perfect, so covering the seams was easy. In other areas, I had a few large gaps and it seemed to take forever to properly fill the gaps and smooth it over.

Another lesson I learned after the fact: Drywall comes in sheets 4' wide. Therefore, make sure you have two 2x4s studs next to each other where ever there's going to be a large, floor-to-ceiling seam. I didn't do this, so only one side of the drywall was attached to a 2x4. The other side was attached 16" back, so it has some play if I push against it. If all of this wasn't going to be behind a wine rack, I'd probably go back and fix the mistake. As it is now, no one will ever see that they don't quite line up perfectly.

OK, by this point you may have noticed that some of my pictures look out of order. It's because of the sequencing in which I built the walls. I first built the inside front and the back walls completely (i.e., frame, insulation, and drywall). Then I went back and built the side walls (again, frame, insulation, and drywall). I had to do it this way so the ends of each drywall butted up against a 2x4. Think of it like building an "L" using two rectangles. You can't cut at a 45 degree angle, so one edge is going to overlap the other.