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I installed an AirPort Time Capsule about a year ago, which is essentially an AirPort Extreme plus a hard drive for easy backups of iMacs via TimeMachine software. We back up two iMacs hourly to the Time Capsule and once a month I run a TimeMachine backup of each iMac to a USB hard drive with...

Thanks, mustangmike. If I had to guess (because a few items were quoted together rather than broken out between the fire pit and garage), I think the garage by itself would have been about $90,000. This includes electrical, water, sewer, heating and cooling as well as tying all services into...

Thanks, Styx. The attic is a compromise. There is plenty of headroom down the middle, but you can't stand along the sides. We are using it as a studio for art projects, and we've also had a small party up there. It's a great space for kids, and they can play music as loud as they want...

Thanks, dubber. I've enjoyed following your progress on the single and now double garage. I wish I had the energy to make improvements as quickly as you have, but this site is a great way to stay motivated. Thanks for the encouragement!

Thanks, mrzoop. It's funny how much of a difference it makes to increase the dimensions of a structure only a little. Your garage footprint isn't much bigger than mine, but that plus your dormers has given you a real living space upstairs. Nicely done!

Thanks, Rick! I also have to thank you for documenting your build so well. I think it's the best example on this site of a clean, organized space that doesn't just relocate the awkward items to a shed. I don't have a shed and don't want to look at one in my yard, so it's great to see how...

I waited to start installing cabinets until we had used the garage for a while. Because the left-hand car has to approach the garage at an angle after driving past the house, its front bumper swings wide of the garage door opening while inside the garage and it took me a while to figure out...

Re: New detached garage in the works I have two double windows in the ground floor of my garage on the south wall, and they are definitely worth the loss of wall space. With good natural light, good overhead light, HVAC and music I can spend all day in the garage without complaint. I...

Thanks for documenting your Kreg/Ikea cabinets. I saw this thread when I was designing my new garage and am building these cabinets now. I like that they can be made in three different heights and any depth, and that I can make them incrementally as I figure out my storage needs. I just hope...

Re: More Paint I just installed one pair of the new Klipsch CP-4s and one pair of CP-6s in two different zones in my garage, and I am a little disappointed. I liked the relatively small size and ease of mounting, but was hoping for better low range. The CP-4s sounded terrible before I added...

Re: New detached garage in the works I just built a 24' wide x 34' deep detached garage with an 18' x 8' garage door that you might find helpful. It sounds to me like you are trying to fit quite a lot into a limited space: parking, workshop, lift, bathroom, high ceiling. You may be able to...

I hung two adult bikes from the ceiling using model 2007 RAD Rail Hoists. They are listed on Amazon as "RAD Cycle Products Highest Quality Rail Mount Heavy Duty Bike Hoist and Ladder Lift - Quality Bicycle Hoist." Because the rails run perpendicular to the joists where I wanted to mount them...

Thanks, captain14. The fire pit isn't the only unfinished project that will have to wait until spring. My contractor didn't get the concrete driveway poured before the ground froze, so he put down crushed rock. It's a little annoying, but I try to pretend that I live in the country and a rock...

I love what you have done with this project. Some day I hope to have a retreat like this as well. If I'm not mistaken, you have two tire rack boxes waiting to be unpacked. I recently mounted two racks myself and ran into a couple of issues that you can read about here...

I installed two tire racks from Tire Rack over the holiday weekend. The wall track for each rack is split into two pieces for shipping. Here is where the two halves meet, allowing the interior ends of each half to share the same wall stud. Unfortunately, the exterior ends have too much...

Thanks for your perspective. Our stress was primarily due to the impending cold weather and knowing that if we didn't finish the wall before winter this project would stretch out to 12 months instead of 4-6 months like we had originally planned. Now that we can't do anything until spring it...

Thanks for the compliments, Blue Seducer & mcleodross. Ben, I appreciate your suggestion about resurfacing the wall as well. I'll have to consider that option in the spring. We decided to keep the fire pit wall in its current condition because we couldn't stand the thought of cutting it down...

I painted the steps. This time I skipped the watery primer and just applied two coats of Porch & Floor Enamel directly to the steps. In total, I used 1.5 gallons of primer and three gallons of top coat on the attic floor and stairs. We filled the attic with mostly Ikea furniture. It...

After spending many hours reading about professional and DIY epoxy floors, I decided to install RaceDeck or SwissTrax floor tiles instead of epoxy. The only drawback I can see is that it won't be possible to use GoJak or similar wheel dollies with Free-Flow style floor tiles. I have given up...

There has been some progress on the garage since my last post, but not as much as I would like. I asked the builder to leave the attic floor alone and I would finish it. We priced different floor covering options and eventually decided on paint. Since it will be a studio space for the family...