Sunday, December 29, 2013

Beds and kitchenet going in

8yr old directing the work. 
Front benches/bed. 
The beginnings of the gaucho bench/bed. 

Beginning of the kitchenet. 
Kiss your garage goodbye. 
Taking the counter all the way to the back wall for added counter space and a more open feel. 
Beds taking shape.
Future table/ front bed
Mocking up the sink.
New 17 gallon poly tank replaces the much smaller metal tank. 
Brazing the water line so we can use the old pump facet with the new tank. 
Plumbing in the fill, drain, facet, and vent.
Using the cool old water fill hardware. Basin has been polished and lid shows the difference. 
Origin wire that kept the lid on was gone so we made our own. Took a few tries to get it right.  Replaced the bead chain that keeps the lid from wandering of too. 
Cutting out the stove. 
Building the alder braces to hold the bunk bed and the table top in the front bed. 
32" bunk bed in the rear
Braces to hold the table up as part of the bed in front. 

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Planning for the interior

Taped out the floor plan. 
Including the beds, cabinets and Kitchenet. 
Deciding which accessories go back in and which don't. Doubtful we'll ever use a stove. 
Looking at replacing with a simple lighter drop in cook top. We can make it vintage looking and increase usable counter space. 
Definitely reusing the old sink. Lots of scrubbing needed. 
Turned out looking great and excited to find brand new drain hardware at Home Depot for $12 that matched the old corroded one perfectly. 
Can't wait to get this sink put in. 
Deciding between two different layouts. Option 1 is similar to the original layout and would give a 38 x 75 inch bed in from and in the back with a closet by the door. 
Option 2 would be turning the bed to the side and making it a bench that would expand out to a 54 x 75 bed in back and the same 38 x 75 bed in front. 
Both options would have a kids bunk bed in the back that would be 38 x 75 when laid out but could fold up to 19 x 75 for head space when not being used. 

The kitchen will be similar in both options. Option 1 kitchenet has the dementions of 24 deep x 36 high x 60 wide. 

Option 2 would measure 20 deep x 36 high x 70 wide. 

The Floor Goes Down


Leveling the floor
Cool day in the fall made for slow drying. 
Bribed a friend from work to help. Sushi dinner is a small price to pay. 
Obviously I did most the work...I re-cut some of the tiles half a dozen times to get the up to "Jake Standard". 
Rolling it out. 
All done. Looks great.