Hi all,
I’ve been looking for a place that I could have a cohesive build thread for my house and all my projects. Hopefully you don’t mind I don’t have an actual garage (yet!)
I’m Nathan, Last July my wife and I bought our first house. A 1919 built craftsmen on 5 acres, in eastern South Dakota. I’m certainly not a stranger to projects, and though this needed some things done to it, its in great shape.
Here are a few before pictures.
oved in July 1st, and got straight to work. Since were on an acreage I needed a tractor. I found a good deal on a Farmall H with a loader and brought it home.
I did a quick tune up on it, converted it to a 12V alternator and its been mostly great.
We tore that dilapidated pump house down, and I borrowed a skid steer to grade everything out and we moved a shed on.
And then my wife had already bought guineas for the place, so I quickly put up a small coop for them.
At the same time we were repainting the house, as the plan was to have our wedding ceremony on the property.
Here’s the Basement. Still in the process of figuring out the organization. Trying to fit everything down here and still have room to work.
I really got into woodworking over the winter. I’ve managed to accumulate a fair amount of wood tools, so here’s some pictures of those projects.
I’ve decided that I’m going to rebuild or restore all of the original window sashes, so I’ve been learning quite a bit about those as well.
We have a lot of maple trees on the property as well. We decided this year to try and tap them. A bit last minute but it worked out great!
A buddy and I have a fair amount a projects the require digging, so we brought home a case 530 backhoe. I bit old, but it gets the job done.
Hydrant replacement
August of this year, my wife and I decided we wanted a patio, which then turned into a big project of foundation replacement for a small addition on our house. We did it ourselves with a bit of guidance from a friend.
And in the mean time I’ve been working on my ranger that I’m putting a 302 into, and a buddy and I came home with a 70’s jet boat that needs quite a bit of work.
This pretty much gets us to the present.
I really hope to be building a shop in the next 2-3 years. I’m trying to find a balance of space and cost. Right now I’m thinking a 28x32 pole shed, which seems not too small, but big enough that I’ll have some room to work on stuff. I guess we’ll see. I seem to change my mind everyday! I would absolutely love to do a Monitor barn style shop, but the cost is just a bit too much for that.
I’ve been looking for a place that I could have a cohesive build thread for my house and all my projects. Hopefully you don’t mind I don’t have an actual garage (yet!)
I’m Nathan, Last July my wife and I bought our first house. A 1919 built craftsmen on 5 acres, in eastern South Dakota. I’m certainly not a stranger to projects, and though this needed some things done to it, its in great shape.
Here are a few before pictures.
oved in July 1st, and got straight to work. Since were on an acreage I needed a tractor. I found a good deal on a Farmall H with a loader and brought it home.
I did a quick tune up on it, converted it to a 12V alternator and its been mostly great.
We tore that dilapidated pump house down, and I borrowed a skid steer to grade everything out and we moved a shed on.
And then my wife had already bought guineas for the place, so I quickly put up a small coop for them.
At the same time we were repainting the house, as the plan was to have our wedding ceremony on the property.
Here’s the Basement. Still in the process of figuring out the organization. Trying to fit everything down here and still have room to work.
I really got into woodworking over the winter. I’ve managed to accumulate a fair amount of wood tools, so here’s some pictures of those projects.
I’ve decided that I’m going to rebuild or restore all of the original window sashes, so I’ve been learning quite a bit about those as well.
We have a lot of maple trees on the property as well. We decided this year to try and tap them. A bit last minute but it worked out great!
A buddy and I have a fair amount a projects the require digging, so we brought home a case 530 backhoe. I bit old, but it gets the job done.
Hydrant replacement
August of this year, my wife and I decided we wanted a patio, which then turned into a big project of foundation replacement for a small addition on our house. We did it ourselves with a bit of guidance from a friend.
And in the mean time I’ve been working on my ranger that I’m putting a 302 into, and a buddy and I came home with a 70’s jet boat that needs quite a bit of work.
This pretty much gets us to the present.
I really hope to be building a shop in the next 2-3 years. I’m trying to find a balance of space and cost. Right now I’m thinking a 28x32 pole shed, which seems not too small, but big enough that I’ll have some room to work on stuff. I guess we’ll see. I seem to change my mind everyday! I would absolutely love to do a Monitor barn style shop, but the cost is just a bit too much for that.
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gift I made my sister a tea box out of walnut and curly maple.
