Holy crap.
We just went and got laminate flooring for the front porch.
$650!! WTF?
This stuff better hold up pretty well. Cause I don't want to be doing this again.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
@Yakster said: @Vision would tell you that's just good bias lighting.
That window opens to a covered front porch, so sunlight can never really hit it.
The TV can swing all the way to the wall, so if there ever comes a time when it needs to be opened, it can.
I have black out curtains on the biggest window in the room and every window in the front porch are frosted. I may have the front door glass replaced with a custom stain glass. Not sure yet.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I called a buddy today that has a mill and wanted some boards for a work bench.
I thought hell, he owes me a bunch of money and I thought, can get a deal.
He says, ok you pay for the wood and all the work will be free.
Great, how much is the wood for what I need?
Well, the mahogany is $800.
$800!!
What about the red oak? $600
Ok, how much for the cedar? $200
Cedar grows like weeds here.
So, $40 a board for pine 2x12 is looking pretty damn good.
Dammit, is anything cheap anymore?
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Builders here have to bid for their lumber and then wait weeks for it to be delivered. I want a fence replaced and the contractor said wait until the spring to see if lumber comes down. I'm seriously considering vinyl.
@YankeeMan said:
Builders here have to bid for their lumber and then wait weeks for it to be delivered. I want a fence replaced and the contractor said wait until the spring to see if lumber comes down. I'm seriously considering vinyl.
I did aluminium. When a hurricane comes I just remove 2 screws and remove every other, or all the slats depending on how bad of a storm is expected.
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@YankeeMan said:
Builders here have to bid for their lumber and then wait weeks for it to be delivered. I want a fence replaced and the contractor said wait until the spring to see if lumber comes down. I'm seriously considering vinyl.
We settled on vinyl. Don’t have to worry about snow drift stains and discoloration. Cleans up well and if the boy destroy one it will be the same color when replaced. I had a wooden fence and pressure washing it Year after year sucked. Now a quick spray of vinyl cleaner (grass safe of course) and looks like new.
@ShawnOL said:
Is that going to be your smoking room, Tony?
Yep.
My desk will go by the bookshelf in front of the window and I'll be able to smoke my cougars, work on the computer, watch TV and work on my workbench, all in the same room.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Redid the closet. Got rid of that annoying white shelving and took advantage of the space with improved organization. Still waiting on one more piece that’s on back order
Got the humidor in my cigar room.
It is rapidly getting smaller.
I was gonna "organize" the tower, 15 minutes in, I gave up.
And yes, I broke the scrappy hygrometer moving ithe tower.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I have realized that even though I made my own space, it really isn't my own space.
For what ever reason, it now seems to be the most used room in the entire house.
That's not how this was supposed to work.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
@0patience said:
I have realized that even though I made my own space, it really isn't my own space.
For what ever reason, it now seems to be the most used room in the entire house.
That's not how this was supposed to work.
I've watched a friend of mine go through this repeatedly. First the garage, then the "spare room", where he put a pool table. I predicted correctly that within 3 months he'd never play pool again on it, that it would remain forever cluttered with his wife and daughter's clothes.
Next he built an add-on side porch. Then converted half the back porch. Then the rest of the back porch. All these now dominated by wife and daughters. Three daughters.
So, he converted the loft over the barn, which remains converted, but it's a 100 yard walk through all weather on a dirt road past the horses and pigs, and it gets freakin' hot up there in the summer.
He's currently rebuilding an old house on his property about 3/4 mile from the main house. I'm wondering which daughter will decide to move into it?
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@0patience said:
I have realized that even though I made my own space, it really isn't my own space.
For what ever reason, it now seems to be the most used room in the entire house.
That's not how this was supposed to work.
I've watched a friend of mine go through this repeatedly. First the garage, then the "spare room", where he put a pool table. I predicted correctly that within 3 months he'd never play pool again on it, that it would remain forever cluttered with his wife and daughter's clothes.
Next he built an add-on side porch. Then converted half the back porch. Then the rest of the back porch. All these now dominated by wife and daughters. Three daughters.
So, he converted the loft over the barn, which remains converted, but it's a 100 yard walk through all weather on a dirt road past the horses and pigs, and it gets freakin' hot up there in the summer.
He's currently rebuilding an old house on his property about 3/4 mile from the main house. I'm wondering which daughter will decide to move into it?
If he's smart, he'll put all four of them in it.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
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Wow, looks great, Nick!
Thanks Chris. Trying to get as much done as I can before I’m laid up again. At least I will be able to enjoy it now
Very nice, Nick!
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Here are the end walls pics.
Remember, I ain't no carpenter, so it is what it is. LOL!
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Stop smoking Rocky Patel's they are making you shiiit on your carpet.
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May I assss u a ?
Holy crap.
We just went and got laminate flooring for the front porch.
$650!! WTF?
This stuff better hold up pretty well. Cause I don't want to be doing this again.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Your TV is blocking the window....
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
And?
The window is frosted, so not like I can see anything out it anyways and the TV swings out 3 feet.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
@Vision would tell you that's just good bias lighting.
That window opens to a covered front porch, so sunlight can never really hit it.
The TV can swing all the way to the wall, so if there ever comes a time when it needs to be opened, it can.
I have black out curtains on the biggest window in the room and every window in the front porch are frosted. I may have the front door glass replaced with a custom stain glass. Not sure yet.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I called a buddy today that has a mill and wanted some boards for a work bench.
I thought hell, he owes me a bunch of money and I thought, can get a deal.
He says, ok you pay for the wood and all the work will be free.
Great, how much is the wood for what I need?
Well, the mahogany is $800.
$800!!
What about the red oak? $600
Ok, how much for the cedar? $200
Cedar grows like weeds here.
So, $40 a board for pine 2x12 is looking pretty damn good.
Dammit, is anything cheap anymore?
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
prices never go down unless they are cigars no one wants
Builders here have to bid for their lumber and then wait weeks for it to be delivered. I want a fence replaced and the contractor said wait until the spring to see if lumber comes down. I'm seriously considering vinyl.
I did aluminium. When a hurricane comes I just remove 2 screws and remove every other, or all the slats depending on how bad of a storm is expected.
We settled on vinyl. Don’t have to worry about snow drift stains and discoloration. Cleans up well and if the boy destroy one it will be the same color when replaced. I had a wooden fence and pressure washing it Year after year sucked. Now a quick spray of vinyl cleaner (grass safe of course) and looks like new.
Front porch is starting to shape up.
Still lots to do, but liking it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Is that going to be your smoking room, Tony?
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Yep.
My desk will go by the bookshelf in front of the window and I'll be able to smoke my cougars, work on the computer, watch TV and work on my workbench, all in the same room.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
OMG. Did no one catch that I misspelled cigars and Google auto corrected it to "cougars" ?
😅😅😅
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
lol, I thought you meant it,
That's a sweet setup, Tony!
Redid the closet. Got rid of that annoying white shelving and took advantage of the space with improved organization. Still waiting on one more piece that’s on back order
Got the humidor in my cigar room.
It is rapidly getting smaller.
I was gonna "organize" the tower, 15 minutes in, I gave up.
And yes, I broke the scrappy hygrometer moving ithe tower.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Cigar area is starting to really look good.
I like it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I have realized that even though I made my own space, it really isn't my own space.
For what ever reason, it now seems to be the most used room in the entire house.
That's not how this was supposed to work.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Too funny!
I've watched a friend of mine go through this repeatedly. First the garage, then the "spare room", where he put a pool table. I predicted correctly that within 3 months he'd never play pool again on it, that it would remain forever cluttered with his wife and daughter's clothes.
Next he built an add-on side porch. Then converted half the back porch. Then the rest of the back porch. All these now dominated by wife and daughters. Three daughters.
So, he converted the loft over the barn, which remains converted, but it's a 100 yard walk through all weather on a dirt road past the horses and pigs, and it gets freakin' hot up there in the summer.
He's currently rebuilding an old house on his property about 3/4 mile from the main house. I'm wondering which daughter will decide to move into it?
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
If he's smart, he'll put all four of them in it.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Tried to put shelving in without a level, life lesson, don’t do that.
Also, never cheap out on levels.
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