Let's See Your House Projects!

[DETRoadster]

Originally Posted by ShopVac

May I ask which product I'm sporting that makes one proud?

Sorry, no can do. I like to keep the really personal stuff, like where I work, outta this forum.

I do love what you've done with the space though. What an excellent place to hang. Nice work!

[Conissah]

Update on the built ins! Wife got me a sound bar bracket for Christmas, which was the last piece I needed to finish it. 0 wires are visible now, super super clean. On to the next project!

[Alfisti]

Perfect.....'cept the TV, needs 5 more inches.

[lsturbointeg]

Alright fam I've been MIA from the forums but wanted to catch back up but here's the Wifey's Dream room build I've been doing this year.

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Lol that was alot! I'll be having two more videos. One finished video where she has all her stuff in and organized. The 2nd video will be a cost breakdown of how much everything cost and what it would cost if you had a contractor do the work.

[P1]

Why not just post pictures? Ain't no one going to watch those videos.

[DETRoadster]

The tiny cabin is done!

The last step was to install a military surplus cargo net about 30 feet in the air, suspended over the cabin. The cabin is surrounded by a couple 120+ foot tall Doug Fir trees that are pretty brittle and like to toss down big tree branch missiles during wind storms. The idea is to catch, contain, or hopefully just slow them down before impact. Hopefully eliminating or at least minimizing damage. It's really great to have friends with an old utility company bucket truck. Man that thing is handy!

A couple folks have DM'd me asking what this thing cost to build. We did 100% of the work ourselves, with the exception of the steel roof which a buddy of mine did for a steep discount off "retail". I totaled up the receipts today and we are sitting at $16k all in, including the structure, electrical (solar, 3k watt inverter, batteries, lighting), kitchenette with fresh and gray water tanks, decoration, etc.

First camp out is tonight!

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

The tiny cabin is done!

The last step was to install a military surplus cargo net about 30 feet in the air, suspended over the cabin. The cabin is surrounded by a couple 120+ foot tall Doug Fir trees that are pretty brittle and like to toss down big tree branch missiles during wind storms. The idea is to catch, contain, or hopefully just slow them down before impact. Hopefully eliminating or at least minimizing damage. It's really great to have friends with an old utility company bucket truck. Man that thing is handy!

A couple folks have DM'd me asking what this thing cost to build. We did 100% of the work ourselves, with the exception of the steel roof which a buddy of mine did for a steep discount off "retail". I totaled up the receipts today and we are sitting at $16k all in, including the structure, electrical (solar, 3k watt inverter, batteries, lighting), kitchenette with fresh and gray water tanks, decoration, etc.

First camp out is tonight!

That looks great! Well done.

[spazzyfry123]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

The tiny cabin is done!

The last step was to install a military surplus cargo net about 30 feet in the air, suspended over the cabin. The cabin is surrounded by a couple 120+ foot tall Doug Fir trees that are pretty brittle and like to toss down big tree branch missiles during wind storms. The idea is to catch, contain, or hopefully just slow them down before impact. Hopefully eliminating or at least minimizing damage. It's really great to have friends with an old utility company bucket truck. Man that thing is handy!

A couple folks have DM'd me asking what this thing cost to build. We did 100% of the work ourselves, with the exception of the steel roof which a buddy of mine did for a steep discount off "retail". I totaled up the receipts today and we are sitting at $16k all in, including the structure, electrical (solar, 3k watt inverter, batteries, lighting), kitchenette with fresh and gray water tanks, decoration, etc.

First camp out is tonight!

Man that is cool. I hope you successfully pissed off the permit folks all along the way

[DETRoadster]

Originally Posted by spazzyfry123

Man that is cool. I hope you successfully pissed off the permit folks all along the way

Me too! F those guys and their arbitrary stupid red tape.

[Conissah]

Not necessarily a "house" project, but I'm proud of it so I wanted to show it off. My son got stuck under his bed (converted crib) so we just put the mattress on the floor. He then refused to take a nap, and just thought it was dark play time. Wife wanted a "platform" bed for him, but all the ones we could find were $250+. I spent $90 on this, including a $30 set of clamps and a $30 set of forstner bits. My son LOVES it; for the first time in over a week he laid down and took a nap in it (he is still sleeping while I'm writing this up). Unsure on how we want to finish it, wife kind of wants to paint it, I kind of want to stain it, but we also might just leave it raw. This was also my first time using a pocket hole jig (supplied by my father who hates using it). I think it turned out pretty darn good.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Conissah

Not necessarily a "house" project, but I'm proud of it so I wanted to show it off. My son got stuck under his bed (converted crib) so we just put the mattress on the floor. He then refused to take a nap, and just thought it was dark play time. Wife wanted a "platform" bed for him, but all the ones we could find were $250+. I spent $90 on this, including a $30 set of clamps and a $30 set of forstner bits. My son LOVES it; for the first time in over a week he laid down and took a nap in it (he is still sleeping while I'm writing this up). Unsure on how we want to finish it, wife kind of wants to paint it, I kind of want to stain it, but we also might just leave it raw. This was also my first time using a pocket hole jig (supplied by my father who hates using it). I think it turned out pretty darn good.

Looks great. I would suggest painting it though. It will get dirty very quickly and be hard to clean if left raw. As for stain, that's not a great option either simply because it looks like you used spruce and spruce does not take stain evenly. It often comes out very blotchy and really doesn't look good. The proper gloss paint will look good and be easy to clean. My 2 cents.

[JMcLellan]

I don't have any pics to show but I have a desire to build a secret bar/speakeasy room in my basement. We have a large utility room that is unfinished that we can cut into to grab some space for the new secret room. I want to do a in-wall bookshelf with the one book that if you pull it the door opens-- apparently you can buy kits that do this.

Anyone have any experience or insight on doing a setup like that?

[JMcLellan]

In November I was able to finish off my garage walls and ceiling, installing drywall, insulation, vapor barrier, and fire tape. We added in a tool bench/cabinet setup. Next week we are having our garage floor coated. We are going with this gray/black/white flake assortment.

[RickFLM4]

This is a relatively small but long overdue project.

When we bought our home in 2002, one of our first projects before moving in was replacing the Formica countertops with granite. We purchased something common but decent in 2cm thickness (mistake #1) and a white sink (mistake #2). Over the years, the white sink started to stain and we wanted to replace it, but the granite behind the sink started to crack and it was impossible to replace the sink without doing something about the granite. The crack we learned was because the original installation required a metal rod to support the thin stretch of granite and it was not properly dried and started to rust, which led to deterioration of the granite from below. We had the granite crack repairs (basically filled with crush granite and epoxy) and the sink resurfaced / sprayed (mistake #3). The granite repair separated almost immediately and within a year, the sink started to peel. So we got it sprayed again (mistake #4), and I filled the visible granite cracks with silicone to avoid more water getting in from the top. The faucet was precariously attached to the counter at this point and we thought the faucet could fall over, or worse the granite fail and sink collapse.

We were thinking of remodeling the kitchen but we had bigger priorities (impact resistant glass, master bath and roof among them) and inflation ran prices wild so we started looking for a temp solution - maybe something to put off a remodel 3-5 years. We tried to find a slab that was a close match but couldn’t find one in 2 cm, and this would be costly anyway. So we found someone who could cut out the bad granite (and metal rod) and replace it with a piece of scrap he had and purchased a drop in sink with a ledge / lip behind it to cover up what was done. The reason this was necessary is because we had scrap granite from the original install in our garage that I threw away (mistake #5) when we had an ac air handler leak in 2013 resulting in mold over a bunch of items.

Anyway, we spent about $2,200 all in for the granite repair, Kraus stainless steel sink, Delta faucet, new garbage disposal, granite guy and plumber. Before and after pics - I think it looks 1000% better and just hope it doesn’t somehow turn into mistake #6. Also glad we don’t need to think about it for a while because this dilemma has been going on for about 4-5 years.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

Anyway, we spent about $2,200 all in for the granite repair, Kraus stainless steel sink, Delta faucet, new garbage disposal, granite guy and plumber.

That sounds extremely reasonable compared to what it would have cost in the homes we've owned in the SF Bay Area, New England, and now in SW Ohio.