Are You Handy? 2
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Sweet!But... no honeysuckle?
We have a honeysuckle on the opposite side of the drive 
Lovely vista...but is that basement cat by the fence?!
Yeah, that's our little dude - I snapped this pic with my cell phone while the last rays of the late afternoon sun were poking through the trees (I think he was sort of sunning himself). We always shusssh him out of the basement because he, for some odd reason likes to urinate in a particular corner down there 
Very strange because he's really very well house trained otherwise.
Very strange because he's really very well house trained otherwise.
Hey, cool.Sweet!
A honeysuckle vine is the one landscaping requirement I'll have when I buy a house. When I was a kid, I used to sit out by the honeysuckle vine behind my mother's and read so I've got to recreate that. 
A project from a few years ago. Don't tell the cops. I think it's something like a $5,000 fine if they find out I have stolen construction equipment.
My most recent project from just a few weeks ago. My mom bought these stools for me for my new apartment, but they were too tall for my breakfast bar. So I decided to build a high-top bar table for them. The base and top are wood, the leg is made of PVC. I wrapped the rope around the leg in attempts to have it double as a scratching post for my cat, but she is deathly afraid of the entire table. Oh well.
My most recent project from just a few weeks ago. My mom bought these stools for me for my new apartment, but they were too tall for my breakfast bar. So I decided to build a high-top bar table for them. The base and top are wood, the leg is made of PVC. I wrapped the rope around the leg in attempts to have it double as a scratching post for my cat, but she is deathly afraid of the entire table. Oh well.
I finally found time to get downstairs. This windowbox is much deeper than the others, so I had to attack it another way. I built two separate frames about 8 inches apart -- the outer frame flush to the studs. Inner sleeves of plywood connect them making the whole thing sturdy. This is the window I'm working on (from the earlier picture)
^ before
Of course, shims make all the difference and I got the whole thing nice and level (can you see the bubble in the top pic?
) Windows are time consuming obstacles for no0bs like me. They rob you of precious studs you could be using elsewhere. But they are also challenging -- I have one left on the opposite wall. If I ever get to work on a basement with a LEVEL floor, it'll be like a dream job.
^ before
Of course, shims make all the difference and I got the whole thing nice and level (can you see the bubble in the top pic?
) Windows are time consuming obstacles for no0bs like me. They rob you of precious studs you could be using elsewhere. But they are also challenging -- I have one left on the opposite wall. If I ever get to work on a basement with a LEVEL floor, it'll be like a dream job.
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The window looks like a TV screen in a display cabinet.
God, I need to go out more....
You know, you guys must be saving a fortune doing all this stuff yourselves. I finally got round to getting a few jobs done round the house that I'd been postponing. Some work on the boiler, transformers changed on some lights, a bit of other electrical stuff (rewiring and so on). Fairly minor, but complicated enough to need someone who knew what they were doing rather than me. All the trades seem to have as high an hourly rate as I do! Still, they do work harder, so I guess it's fair.
God, I need to go out more....
You know, you guys must be saving a fortune doing all this stuff yourselves. I finally got round to getting a few jobs done round the house that I'd been postponing. Some work on the boiler, transformers changed on some lights, a bit of other electrical stuff (rewiring and so on). Fairly minor, but complicated enough to need someone who knew what they were doing rather than me. All the trades seem to have as high an hourly rate as I do! Still, they do work harder, so I guess it's fair.
That's how Chippendale started and look how he ended up - from stripping furniture to stripping off. It's a slippery slope, esp. with all that linseed oil around....
Of course, shims make all the difference and I got the whole thing nice and level (can you see the bubble in the top pic?
you'll always be just a half bubble off true
nice work.
what kind of permits and other nonsense did you have to go through?
I'm really not sure of anything anymore.
*is in mid-twenties existential brick wall phase*
Well, good thing I don't strip much furniture then.
Although I have often told myself that I would consider stripping as soon as I developed decent abs.
I'm really not sure of anything anymore.
*is in mid-twenties existential brick wall phase*
Now I feel both conflicted AND used.
This thread sure took an interesting turn.
Perhaps we should get SPOCKED to put a stripper pole into his new house?
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