lucasdotcom
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We're having a graduation party for my girlfriend (finishing college) this weekend so I decided to try to knock out this project quick before everyone shows up. Saturday I went and picked up all of my materials and finally got building at about 4:00 ish. I should be able to finish painting tonight after I get the right white ... how many frickin' whites does the world need by the way? Then I’ll move onto building the drink rail, making the trim (putting the router to use again on this project), and varnishing all the wood. Hopefully I’ll be able to get it all done before the weekend. Worst case, the door isn’t varnished.
Here are all the pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lucasdotcom/GarageCloset?authkey=ick8Qg0SSMQ#
Before getting started:
I was too paranoid to anchor into the floor so I glued down some treated lumbar and built the walls to that ... I still love the floor heat though.
Stub wall in:
Main rough-in:
Door mounted:
OSB going up:
OSB done, TV hole cut and framed:
Primer going up:
The bugs were out in full force on Sunday night (halogen light/bug zapper):
Primer done:
Blurry picture of TV mount:
I plan on adding a sink to the wall that the door is closest to. That’s when I’ll see how much of a PITA it’s going to be to work on things inside this closet. I don’t think it will be that much of a problem. I left myself a decent amount of room and I can always pop off the OSB if I really need to get at anything.
I'll update the thread and Picasa album once I get everything finished up. Once I get everything all cleaned up I might even share a picture of the whole garage ... none right now though, it’s completely destroyed.
Lucas
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Update:
Trim (1x6-ripped in half) ready for router:
Routed trim:
Varnishing trim:
Final coat of paint (2 antique white - 1 bright white [matches better]):
Trim installed (varnish on door, still wet):
Finished product 1:
Finished product 2:
I all worked out. I finished the drink rail literally 20 minutes before people started showing up. That party went great; I think that we might have spent more time in the garage than in the house and/or by the fire. Beer pong, darts, tippy cup, and a 5:00 a.m. bed time definitely caught up with us on Sunday.
I still need to put up some shelving inside the closet to take full advantage of the space inside, but it has definitely served its purpose thus far.
Lucas
Here are all the pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lucasdotcom/GarageCloset?authkey=ick8Qg0SSMQ#
Before getting started:
I was too paranoid to anchor into the floor so I glued down some treated lumbar and built the walls to that ... I still love the floor heat though.
Stub wall in:
Main rough-in:
Door mounted:
OSB going up:
OSB done, TV hole cut and framed:
Primer going up:
The bugs were out in full force on Sunday night (halogen light/bug zapper):
Primer done:
Blurry picture of TV mount:
I plan on adding a sink to the wall that the door is closest to. That’s when I’ll see how much of a PITA it’s going to be to work on things inside this closet. I don’t think it will be that much of a problem. I left myself a decent amount of room and I can always pop off the OSB if I really need to get at anything.
I'll update the thread and Picasa album once I get everything finished up. Once I get everything all cleaned up I might even share a picture of the whole garage ... none right now though, it’s completely destroyed.
Lucas
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Update:
Trim (1x6-ripped in half) ready for router:
Routed trim:
Varnishing trim:
Final coat of paint (2 antique white - 1 bright white [matches better]):
Trim installed (varnish on door, still wet):
Finished product 1:
Finished product 2:
I all worked out. I finished the drink rail literally 20 minutes before people started showing up. That party went great; I think that we might have spent more time in the garage than in the house and/or by the fire. Beer pong, darts, tippy cup, and a 5:00 a.m. bed time definitely caught up with us on Sunday.
I still need to put up some shelving inside the closet to take full advantage of the space inside, but it has definitely served its purpose thus far.
Lucas
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have descended on my thread. I almost feel like I need to take a picture with everything cleaned up/moved to prove that I don't need a surprise visit from my local electrical inspector. 
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