Last set of shelves – Fitting them was not easy… We finally got around to fitting the last set of shelves bringing an end to all the major work on the Utility Room Project for the moment.
DIY
Making things and general household maintenance.
Utility room shelving unit finally fitted in place – It’s taken a long time to get this shelving unit made and finished, mainly because of problems with the paint. I’m glad it is now installed. However, there’s still more to do in this room before it is finished.
March 6, 2022 18:57
Problems – Three coats of paint, rubbing down between coats, around 3-4 hours each. And the color of the paint doesn’t match the doors we bought.
February 17, 2022 10:33
Painting – Time to paint the utility room shelving.
February 12, 2022 20:26
Pantry shelves ready for finishing. With a lot of snow forecast, I needed to get the shelves out of the garage to make room for the car. +2
January 31, 2022 21:39
Well, that didn’t go as planned… As usual, things took a lot longer to do than I anticipated, and I made two annoying mistakes. Two-minute read.
January 31, 2022 9:15
My task for tomorrow … Is to turn this pile of wood into a ‘pantry’ and shelving unit.
January 28, 2022 21:02
And that’s the cabinets fitted – I’ve still got to make a pantry to fill the open space on the left, and another set of shelves on the opposite side of the room too. +1
January 23, 2022 19:13
Cabinets fitted on one side. Now for the cabinets on the opposite wall.
January 23, 2022 11:27
Ginger fitting hinges – currently we are adding some high-level storage for ‘little used’ items.
January 23, 2022 11:05
Boxes – we have some work to do today. The utility room remodel is getting out of hand! We had already dealt with several boxes when I took this picture.
January 23, 2022 11:04
Final coat of stain – Made a lot of difference to the color. Now to varnish it all, add door handles, and it’s finished. +3
January 10, 2022 10:00
Making the gear closet doors – There have been a few upgrades in the workshop. Black Friday Grizzly had a drill press and bandsaw on sale at a price I couldn’t refuse. The pair cost less than the bandsaw normally retails at. The bandsaw came in particularly useful for all the joints I had to make for the gear closet doors. One-minute read, +1
January 9, 2022 14:35
Gary in the workshop – Hindsight being the gem that it is, I now know it was a huge mistake to make the doors and not get them ‘off the shelf.’ +3
January 8, 2022 16:53
Distractions – A couple of weeks before Christmas the dryer broke down. We were just about to have the utility room, painted, so Ginger decided that she’d pop out and buy a new dryer and washer for the freshly painted room. And that’s when the work began. Two-minute read, +1
December 30, 2021 12:36
Gear Closet update – Still plenty left to do. Bottom shelf and kick space, shelf fronts, and … doors to make.
November 28, 2021 16:54
Hall Gear Closet – taped and first skim coat applied. Ginger, “Most people just buy furniture, they don’t build things in.” Gary, “It must be the Frank Lloyd Wright in me.” +1
September 26, 2021 13:51
Hall Gear Closet – Framing. New project. We have two-and-a-half closets in the house full of backpacking gear (and some overflow in the shed too). Doing something about it is long overdue. I decided to use the space that used to be occupied by the piano and convert it into a gear closet. Today I started framing the new built-in closet. +3
September 5, 2021 10:31
My job for the weekend is to convert this lot into a new front deck. 4 pictures
September 4, 2020 15:31
Garage Project – Just about done – For now… I’ve been tinkering with finishing this project for a few weeks now. It’s slowly getting there. Two-minute read, 5 pictures
September 7, 2019 13:17
Garage Project – Open sez-a-me. The doors are now fitted, and that’s all the main construction work complete. One-minute read, 6 pictures
August 10, 2019 17:27
Garage Project – Main storage area and the overhead shelving. One-minute read, 3 pictures
August 9, 2019 12:06
Garage Project – Ready to start building the main storage area. One-minute read, 4 pictures
July 31, 2019 23:30
Garage Project – The shop vac and compressor now have a new home. One-minute read, 2 pictures