Home Improvement Thread II (2018)

[cstmg8]

 

 

Large pic. Panoramic shot of the kitchen into the family room. Should be moving in soon (has to be at least May 8th because that's the earliest date Ashley furniture will deliver )

Awesome man, I'm happy for you guys. It has to feel good to get back to some bit of normalcy, especially in this craziness.

 

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[BIGGU]

Buck that turned out really nice! happy you guys will finally get to move in soon its been a long time!

[cstmg8]

First of the wifes homebound project was the dining room. Last week I basically painted walls and ceiling, swapped furniture, changed window treatments and swapped all outlets and receptacles.

This week's project has been the basement, but it's a bit larger, so I'm still working on it.

Pics, black ceiling is after:

 

[cstmg8]

Weird, why did it scramble the before pics???

Let's try a screenshot:

Nope, before pic is from a realty site, won't even work with a screenshot.

[Mallard]

Weird, why did it scramble the before pics???

 

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I think I see a nipple.

 

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[cstmg8]

Hahaha

 

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[Otis Nice]

I think I see a nipple.

 

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I 'member.

 

Room looks great.

[cruizin01]

Huge improvement Shaun. That chair is interesting looking...

[cstmg8]

Huge improvement Shaun. That chair is interesting looking...

I was skeptical about the black ceiling, but turned out well.

Yeah, the bench works out pretty well for the kids.

 

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[TimTaylor751647545500]

Got my Racedeck floor installed and picked up a couple new boxes yesterday. My plan is to build a frame for the boxes with a butcher block top.

 

(Ok, seriously...why the f_ck do all of my uploads say pending approval?)

 

Edited April 19, 2020 by Mitch
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[gillbot]

Maybe you can’t be trusted?

[cstmg8]

Got my Racedeck floor installed and picked up a couple new boxes yesterday. My plan is to build a frame for the boxes with a butcher block top.

 

(Ok, seriously...why the f_ck do all of my uploads say pending approval?)

Interested to see your racedeck floor. That's going to be the first thing I do to the attached garage when I get the shop built.

Which product did you go with?

 

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[cstmg8]

Finally assembled the harbor freight dust collector. Trying to get the basement hobby shop together between honey-do projects.

 

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[Otis Nice]

Finally assembled the harbor freight dust collector. Trying to get the basement hobby shop together between honey-do projects.

 

Let me know how that works once you get a chance to use it.

[cruizin01]

Finally assembled the harbor freight dust collector. Trying to get the basement hobby shop together between honey-do projects.

 

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Nice. I think the main reason I dont do more wood working projects is strictly because I hate the dust. Be so nice to have a dedicated shop with a full on collection system.

[Mensan]

Let me know how that works once you get a chance to use it.

 

It uses a vacuum to collect dust.

[Otis Nice]

It uses a vacuum to collect dust.

 

Thank you.

[TimTaylor751647545500]

Interested to see your racedeck floor. That's going to be the first thing I do to the attached garage when I get the shop built.

Which product did you go with?

 

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I chose their diamond series. Seemed to be sufficient for my needs.

 

Flooring done, new boxes added with permanent bases and finally brought the Olds home from storage. Plan is to add a 10’ section of butcher block on top of the boxes.

 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Mitch
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[TimTaylor751647545500]

I’m apparently limited to one attachment per post now..which are STILL showing up as pending approval. Guess I’m gonna stop trying to share images here anymore. What a pain in the ass.

[10phone2]

paging mods.... I was highly impressed with your bench press metal brake.

[Mitch]

Try hosting them through imgur. that's how I always fix them for you. The CR attachment way is not good. Edited April 28, 2020 by Mitch

[Otis Nice]

host them through imgur. that's how I always fix them for you. the cr way isnt good.

 

This. I use imgbb.com but imgur works too. Host and link.

[Franchi]

Couple recent items made for the living room remodel.

 

6 foot cedar slab with a huge void in it that I filled with epoxy resin...this is what planing down epoxy looks like after it's hardened.

 

 

Cleaned up, sanded up to 600 grit and three coats of finish applied and installed on top of the half wall. I used a super strong construction adhesive and also a few thin brad nails hidden inside knots so cant hardly see them.

 

 

Final piece for the bamboo wood and river rock tiles half wall by the front door.

 

 

The green epoxy goes well with the rest of the room...

 

[Franchi]

Made a small side table to compliment the larger cedar piece. Kept it fairly petite sized as I wanted it just big enough to park a cup of coffee and a book. Any larger and it tends to gather all my kids stuff all over it constantly.

 

Half of it here is finished with one coat of Odie's oil (finish I used on both) and half of it unfinished so people could see the stark contrast...

 

 

One full wet coat on, still needs buffed and cured.

 

 

Finished and in place!

 

 

Stepped back view. It's my reading / learning guitar nook...

 

[Otis Nice]

Looks great.