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[Whitey]

Looks great

How in the hell do you have the patience to do all that work?   

Thanks. It just doesn’t feel like work to me. I just go down when I feel Like it and get done what I feel like getting done. It’s just wood so it’s actually easier work then dealing with metal like all my old car projects.  Plus I broke this up into a bunch of little projects so I wouldn’t get burned out of doing the same thing

[Whitey]

doing some layout to see what would work for a back bar.  The couch is a 6 piece pit sectional 117" by 117" so the front of it is where the set stool and foam is and the seating position is at brown chair.  This puts the viewing distance 14' from the screen.  I originally tried an 8' x 26" bartop since this is a "standard" size I can get a piece of granite for cheap at the local surplus.  However, 26 is too wide.  The 2x4's are 16" which I think is better.  I made my kitchen 14" and I'm happy with that.  I'll have to call some granite places to see what the price difference would be.  I'd hate to cut an 8' slab of granite by hand at home





The distance from the back wall to countertop edge is 42." Could push everything up a foot if its too tight.

[Whitey]

Carpet is installed:





Very happy I didn't go with a busy fabric.  It has a pattern in it:



Also made a happy little box from 1x4's and 3/4" quarter round.  Wrapped it in fabric:



Added some trim around it and mounted a piece of trim on the wall:




Finished product.  I'm amazed with how close the fabric matches the wall color.  I'm going to put some wool insulation for sound control but hides the speaker nicely:





Saturday is couch delivery.

[Whitey]

Couch is in:



The dog likes it already:







I've got some cosmetic stuff to do to the component rack and build a screen to move the speaker off the floor but this project is pretty much done. Almost a year's worth of work.  Feels good that it looks complete.

[Whitey]

It's been a while since an update.  Finished the lighting in the rest of the basement and have been hanging drywall what seems like forever.  120, 12' sheets hung, taped, and finished. 

Lighting layout.  Did majority 4" can's, 3 column sconse lights with LED edison bulbs and a bunch of other accents:



onto drywall which sucks:







all primed up ready for paint:






Hopefully get paint done soon then onto trim

[rawr]

I wish i could make shit look nice like that.

[Eggylshatch]

Looks great! And also, fuck drywall work. I can do it fine, I'm just slow and I hate it. All the dust, working overhead, and its boring AF. Props to you. 12' sheets, eh? fuck that too. 8' sheets are heavy and awkward enough. I don't have a lift though.

[ratcityrex]

Love the pool......... I mean workbench setup.