In Which Landlord Tries to do Man Stuff

[Landlord]

So I recently moved into a new townhouse with a few other guys, and the place has a nice second living area in the basement. Now, I grew up with just my mom so all things cliche-midwestern-manly-man I'm pretty foreign to, such as cars, building things and hard manual labor

Anyways, I had an idea for our basement and after 3x the cost, five Home Depot trips, a lot of borrowed items and time and two nights later, I'm feeling pretty proud of accomplishing something I had virtually no clue about going in:

 

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

Wood ain't cheap.

 

[The Dude]

 

[NUance]

Nicely done. +1

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[Stumpy1]

Why the HELL did you show the spider. That is just WRONG. Great job on the project though. good idea.

 

[ZRod]

Nice!

Is that an Astro Van?

 

[GM_Tood]

Waiting for the invite.

 

[Landlord]

Waiting for the invite.

Y'all are invited to watch the Minnesota game at my place (fair warning: it's in standard def. Can't argue if it's free).

Nice!

Is that an Astro Van?

Indeed it is. I have a Grand Prix, and couldn't fit the plywood or the width beams in it, obviously, so I had a buddy help me out. Those beams literally touched the windshield while being just short enough to fit with the back doors closed.

 

[Count 'Bility]

That's actually quite impressive Landlord for someone who's admittedly never done much of that kind of stuff before.

 

[carlfense]

Is that . . . a conversion van in the first pic?

If so . . . badass.

(Edit: need to read the rest of the thread before commenting. Astro van it is.

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[AR Husker Fan]

Very nice, and a great idea!

 

[ZRod]

Is that an Astro Van?

Indeed it is.

 

[knapplc]

Anyways, I had an idea for our basement and after 3x the cost, five Home Depot trips, a lot of borrowed items and time and two nights later, I'm feeling pretty proud of accomplishing something I had virtually no clue about going in:

Really good job, Landlord.

Regarding the bold. That's every home improvement project I've ever done. I tiled my entry way once and I probably made 10 trips to Home Depot in two days. Every time I'd move on to another step I'd realize I'd forgotten something. I hated Home Depot after that project.

 

[Landlord]

Thanks for the compliments, guys. It was a really healthy and enjoyable project (distraction) for life right now. Trying to brainstorm new ideas to keep busy with.

 

[QMany]

Trying to brainstorm new ideas to keep busy with.

I doubt this is the kind of idea a 20-some-year-old bachelor is looking for, but I designed and built my mom a 500+ bottle wine cellar in our basement. It took me one weekend to plan and dry-build and one weekend to put up.

Outdoor pergolas to cover a small backyard patio area are pretty easy.

I did a project very similar to yours when I was in college for staidum couch seating. I love thinking of projects and DIY.