Moderators Psychorugby Posted November 6, 2016 Author Moderators Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Bench is complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Looks awesome, that's a shit ton of drawers! Of course, before you know it, you'll be saying shit, I need more lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted November 7, 2016 Author Moderators Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 2 hours ago, 95riosnake said: Looks awesome, that's a shit ton of drawers! Of course, before you know it, you'll be saying shit, I need more lol. It's pretty amazing how full they are already! Definitely over halfway there. However, the old bench drawers are empty and the old toolbox is mostly empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabres Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 The male equivalent of a woman's closet - if you've got the space, you'll fill it. Looks great! Looking forward to seeing progress on the covered porch on your home. Our neighbors across the street built one not too long ago and it's really, really nice. They use the hell out of it. Helps that they have a pool too, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted November 8, 2016 Author Moderators Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, Tabres said: The male equivalent of a woman's closet - if you've got the space, you'll fill it. Looks great! Looking forward to seeing progress on the covered porch on your home. Our neighbors across the street built one not too long ago and it's really, really nice. They use the hell out of it. Helps that they have a pool too, haha. Pool will be coming in the next couple years. Hard to justify spending the $50k for it right after the $20k for the lanai extension lol. The weather is so nice here now that the lanai would come in super handy, but I still haven't heard back from the architect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted November 27, 2017 Author Moderators Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 I've been waiting until I was done with this project, but I'm bored at work and my thread needs pictures again (thanks Photobucket)... also, it's been a year since I've posted in this thread?!?! Here is a "small" project I've been messing with for over a year, but only seriously the last couple months - customizing our pantry. It really shouldn't have taken as long as it did, but that's what having a kid in the house does I guess. I don't have any before pictures that I can find (who takes pictures of a pantry anyway?), but the pantry was just a small room with five wire shelves. Wire shelves might be the worst idea ever for a house, especially a pantry. NOTHING will stay in the upright position and they hold next to no weight. When we built the house, we added an outlet in the pantry in order to add a wine fridge at a later date... that date was December 2015 haha... and the beer fridge followed soon after. Then, last September, I think, I got the bright idea to replace the lower two shelves with cabinets and countertop, effectively building in the fridges. Still can't find pictures of that point in time. A couple months ago, I decided enough was enough, was bored, and everyone was asleep... so out to the garage I went to fix the 1x1 to start framing up a top shelf. The pocket hole jig got a workout on these! And done with the first frame: The next weekend I went at the second shelf. This is where things really slowed down because I had to start emptying the contents of the pantry out into the dining room. Two down! Things really slowed down here as we had a lot of stuff going on and I had to wait for my dad to visit with his truck to get some plywood. Most of these pictures are on my old phone. How some of the older ones made it to this phone, but not these is beyond me. I just cut 1/2" birch plywood to size and finish nailed to the 1x1 frames, then face framed with 1x3 pine. Ready for putty, sanding, and paint: About this time, which was three weeks ago, my wife *asked* very nicely if it was possible to get the shelves "usable" by Thanksgiving. I guess she knows me too well. It didn't seem like too much of a challenge to get three shelves done in three weekends... until I decided I only wanted to empty the pantry once. So I may as well do the floors right? Right. Up comes the tile. Worst. Job. Ever. I taped a bunch of 6 mil plastic over the door opening and brought the shop vac in to just run while I was working. That seemed to cut down on the dust considerably, but there was still dust all over the butler's pantry and wherever I wandered in the house. The rental hammer was great for pulling up tile, but SUCKED at getting the thinset because the blade they gave me was incredibly dull. So I just went to Home Depot and bought my own damn hammer with sharp blades. Three hours laters and, voila! Wood filler is fun! Sanded with 80 grit, 120 grit, and 220 grit: Cutting in is a pain in the ass. It's a ginormous pain when you have three shelves to contend with. Cutting in around the shelves took a little over three hours. Ugh. Granted, I started and stopped a couple times and took a few coffee breaks because I started at 5am. Later that afternoon, I threw some paint on the shelves. This is the point that I realized I am good at cutting in vertical surfaces, but am terrible at cutting in horizontal surfaces. Reluctantly, I broke out the tape for the shelves. Of course the tape bled like crazy, so I had to cut in the walls again. Fortunately, cutting in the second time was MUCH faster than the first time. The second took less than an hour. My wife came in to inspect since she had been gone most of the day running a race in the morning, rescuing me from babysitting, and Turkey Day grocery shopping. While grabbing a beer on the lanai, I hear, "Holy crap, that's a helluva cut-in job, Sweetheart!" Cabinets permanently installed rather than just sitting there loose as they had been the last year plus: Cutting the dishwasher panels' facing down from 3" to 1.5" was one of the most stressful things I've done in a long time. I had the table saw on the floor, while trying to hold the panel square two feet above the saw, and feeding it through the saw... twice. I managed to cut them pretty damn perfectly. However, this meant it was a motherf****er to get the fridges in place. Door reinstalled and everything loaded back in for Turkey Day, except the canned goods since I didn't want them sticking to 3 day old paint. Looks almost like I planned it! I still kinda can't believe I actually got it done when I said I would, and over delivered by having the floors and walls done too. The only things left is to make the countertop out of some 150 year old white oak I've got in the garage; install and paint crown moulding, and paint the door. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeahloh95 Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 very nice job on the pantry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 definitely a cool pantry. the fridges are really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 nice job Chris! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted September 24, 2018 Author Moderators Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 12 hours ago, Evilcw311 said: Yawn..........is the lanai and pool built yet?!? 😉 The lanai extension got axed. Pool starts next month hopefully. We close on the sale of the rental property Thursday, so that gives us the mental freedom to pay for the pool. I cannot wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Sooooo, is the pool complete now? When we visit we need a place to keep cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted December 27, 2018 Author Moderators Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 22 hours ago, Blackmage said: Sooooo, is the pool complete now? When we visit we need a place to keep cool. Permit still hasn’t come back. Hopefully they start digging in the next couple weeks. Should be done by late April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted November 19, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 12/28/2018 at 1:59 PM, Evilcw311 said: Sssssoooooooooo..........slow!!!! almost as slow as that guy who’s supposed to come help you do some cameras......... Almost 2 years later and I never posted build pictures or completed pictures lol. Man I suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 does that mean there IS build and completed pictures?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted November 19, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 38 minutes ago, Prokiller said: does that mean there IS build and completed pictures?? Pool has been done since April 1, 2019 lol. I have to curate and host the pictures. As far as anything else getting done in the garage or house, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White95 Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Well, lets see something already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted July 28, 2021 Author Moderators Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 12/2/2020 at 8:16 AM, White95 said: Well, lets see something already! Fucking photobucket. Now iCloud crashes every time I try to paste. Here it is 2.5 years later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White95 Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 Damn that’s nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 looks like a nice place to hang out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funstang Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 I know a guy down in Florida who’s got a pool just like that. He was talking about doing some crazy lighting and sound system stuff around it last time we talked. I guess it’s all cool if your into that kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
