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Sorry for the confusion.

The sheetrock is already up. Those pictures above are from several months ago.

Here are some more recent pics of that bedroom:...

Here's a shot of the facade wall studs in front of the concrete.
http://steelgod.smugmug.com/NorthCarolina/December2009/Week2/IMG0287/738819129_szXq8-M.jpg

And here's a shot in one part of that...

Most places, it's less than 2 inches.

For my situation, this would still call for some reinforcements behind the drywall.

But that's a cool idea. I like it.

That was one of my concerns. If I went from purlin to purlin or from purlin to wall, obviously there's some lateral stress on the purlin.
And that's the part that makes me nervous.

Yeah, but then I've got a giant stand taking up room somewhere.
I'd love to just have some tucked-out-of-the-way hooks/brackets.

There are some exposed steel I-beam columns in the living room...

So, my wife and I are about to move into our new home.
We've been building this place for more than 6 years now.
Granted 3+ years were spent in a legal battle with our original contractor.
And...