Drywall in our old living room

Yesterday I began, what for me, is the long process of drywalling the living room. I hate drywall. Not the hanging part so much but the mudding and sanding. I've done it all over my house and experimented with various ways of blocking the dust from leaving the area where I'm working. Nothing has worked very well.

I will tape and mud the joints today. Our goal is to do either a ceiling tile treatment (either tin or fake tin panels) or we might drywall over the existing plaster ceiling. What will not happen? We will not be taking the plaster ceiling down!

Our new fireplace should arrive next Monday which will put the install of the fireplace some time end of next week. After that we can begin building the new fireplace surround. We are still deciding how we want it to look.