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A couple weeks ago I got my flagpole up outside the barn. Pretty easy job - dug the hole, filled with concrete around the pole sleeve, let it set and then rocked the base. This fall I have to nuke the current “grass” and re-seed for a nice lawn area.

I use a Gladiator slat wall and hook. My Sears trimmer is 20 years old though and leaks a bit periodically. At some point soon I’ll switch to the Stihl battery powered version.

This is great work! I just posted an update on my build an hour ago. I have the standard orange and green pallet system - two eight-foot sections running down the interior walls in my shop. I was wondering about the shelving color in my latest update. I’m a little OCD - the different size...

And I’m trying to figure out what to do about my shelving solution in the main shop area. Showing my ocd here but I strongly dislike not having the same color/size totes on this wall. More importantly though, I really hate the orange and green shelving. Should I repaint them? Powder coat them...

I relocated the stereo system from between the garage doors to the top of the beer fridge. I’ll build a cabinet for the fridge and will locate the stereo and the sub into the cabinet. I’ll also hide the stereo cables In the wall once I finalize the location. I’m pushing four 8 or 10 inch...

Also spent some time planning the other side of the garden room. The cabinets I will box in with doors. I currently have a utility cart with all my gas cans and small machinery oil on it. My original thinking is to build a cabinet where the cart is currently to house the gas and oil. I don’t...

Also got a couple additional Gladiator slat wall sections in the garden room. I’ll be building cabinets around this section so it will not be visible from the room, but I’ll know it’s properly sorted so I can sleep better at night.

It’s a small thing, but I got the space between my garage doors sorted today. I’m running two 8500 LiftMasters on two 10x10 doors. I don’t love location they used for power but I’ll wire a new outlet in the ceiling for the openers. Hung OSB between the posts and then threw up a couple pieces...

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I’ve been playing around designing a logo for the new barn. Here is the current draft design I worked up this week. I’m not a designer and the images are for placement only but I’m liking the design. My kudu and bison are my two favorite animals in the barn and I like the way the logo flows...

Here are some shots across the main shop area from today. The storage loft is way more organized now. The loading room on the far left is waiting for upper cabinets to be built. The middle room is my wife’s garden room and it’s also waiting on cabinets for yard tool and supply storage...

I also have my current project table (3/4 in OSB across three saw horses to hold the new Bosch miter saw and table saw. Got it mostly set up and used the new miter saw a bit on a small project. I’ll set up the table saw tomorrow. I had a Delta chop/miter saw that i used for 25 years. Never...

Over the last three weeks I’ve consolidated 30 years of small parts from these three organizers, misc bins and boxes. Lots of work sorting and getting rid of junk I’ll never use again. Tonight I finished organizing the small parts into their new home. TBD on what type of cabinet or shelves...

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In the shop area, I’m trying to figure out how to incorporate the rolling tool cabinet and the beer fridge in with the rest of the cabinetry I’m planning for the shop area. My current thought is a taller cabinet to the left of the tool cabinet that houses my air compressor, a “nook” for the tool...

The walls are up and in the loading room. Making progress but still have a lot to do in here - I know it’s a barn but I’ll be putting up trim and painting the walls. I have two benches I plan on finishing in this room - a loading bench and a cleaning/maintenance/assembly bench (smaller one...

Yep...I know where that is. i did the I70/Innerbelt/Forrest Park trip more times than i can remember when i was in school. But i always went by Bellevue on the way downtown to Cards or Blues games. I miss those days. I've lived outside KC for over 20 years over two tours now, but still follow...

Had no idea it had been this long since I posted an update on the office in the Head Shed. I started moving into the office one year ago next week. Turned out nearly exactly like I envisioned it. One of the major purposes in building the Head Shed was to create a work area where I could be...

Sorry that wasn’t more clear. I do have a regular 36 inch door on the southwest corner of the barn where I can see the door from my bedroom window. Also have a security light mounted over the side door. What part of StL? I was born at MoBab and originally from Bridgeton area. I’ve lived in...