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Photos tagged Building

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  • Top scribed. Happy with the fit.
  • Transferring scribe lines to the lid
  • For the top, I scribed a strip of plywood for each side, tacked them together and then used that as a guide to cut the removable lid.
  • Ready to hold some records...
  • 4-coats of poly applied.
  • Boxes stained up! This dark, alkyd stain is really a pain in the ass to work with on pre-assembled pieces.
  • A close-up of the faced shelves
  • I added 5" supports to the bottom to be able to conceal my Sonos connect and pre-amp below the unit.
  • Inner shelves faced
  • I ripped down some 3/8" x 3/4" strips of solid oak to face the inner shelves.
  • Gettin excited
  • Trying to decide on the format for the top... A recessed turntable? Or just a flat top and an exposed turntable.
  • Shelves assembled, testing out the initial fit
  • Instead of a box with a shelf and a divider inside, I made 2, full length horizontal shelves that are fully supported by the sides and divider. This way there's no chance of the heavy records causing any kind of sagging.
  • Starting shelf 2...
  • Starting the bottom record shelf...
  • It's time.
  • The time has come
  • When you're impatient with the oil-based stain, you get a super blotchy coat rack.
  • Sunday fun day. Building a small coat rack for guests.
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  • Backsplash complete... Just gotta build that floating shelves above the sink now.
  • Trimmed n caulked for a perfect fit.
  • Artie pro tips: dimes n pennies make great leveling tools
  • Tile up. Super happy with how well everything fit and lined up.
  • Halfway tiled
  • We're off!
  • My friend, Artie brought over his tile saw and helped me set the tile
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  • Long overdo to put up a backsplash, but here we go
  • Painted with some cedar shutters and a ramp
  • Painted with shutters
  • Building a little ramp for the shed
  • Adding a bit if organization for the shed.
  • Spent the day wrappin this here patio beam... Almost done. Almost able to enjoy this space!
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  • This seems to fit just fine
  • Almost got the back yard patio put together
  • Hacked together these little panel lifts... Not perfect, but they're getting the job done.
  • Plywood goin up
  • Patio ceiling covered with foam. Fixed (and moved) the bathroom vent. and got everything wired for speakers and ceiling fans.
  • Puttin up some rigid foam board to help seal up the dining room floor.
  • New support structure in place... Now, I've gotta put this patio back together.
  • Happy Easter. I'm taking down the crusty old ceiling under our dining room.
  • Fitting the last bit of this railing
  • 41.5 degrees
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  • Back to chipping away at this handrail project
  • Finished framing and insulating the shop
  • Making some progress on the basement shop
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  • Sunday fun day
  • Hangin these cabinets
  • Wirin and insulatin this here shop
  • Once the hue lights were installed, this area became known as the "selfie booth"
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  • Framin in this shop
  • Framin
  • Oops
  • Vapor barrier up
  • Just installed this ceiling lamp. How does the height look?
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  • Managed to save a bit of shelf space by using oval ducting and pushing it up into the back corner of the cabinet
  • Just installed and HVAC'd up this concealed hood.
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  • Drillin holes through my house
  • Got a hole to drill
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  • Duct stuff
  • Starting to question my decision to save space with oval ductwork
  • Time to install this hood. PS - the DeWalt multitool is my new favorite power tool.
  • I am a shoe mold coping king
  • First order of business: hue lights.
  • 1/2 bath sink: plumbed
  • Walnut slab countertop mounted.
  • Floating slab support
  • Yep. This is gonna be good.
  • Playing with this slab of walnut.
  • Powder room mockup
  • Here's the weird little living room nook that we'd decided would eventually house a turntable and a bunch of records.
  • Door cuttin day
  • Squarin this dude up
  • Cleanin up the new bathroom countertop.
  • Cleanin up the edge of this walnut
  • Once I got it to this point I decided it was "safe" and let it sit in this state for farrrr too long
  • Later, I decided I should probably finish up that last banister post on the top to prevent people from falling over the edge...
  • Mom's new table coming together
  • WE HAVE A KITCHEN SINK AGAIN
  • Today's lunch: dissecting Kari's new vanity drawer via table saw.
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