Putting an addition on the ol' dome home.

[747mopar]

Looks awesome HT! Congrats on the addition, should more then make up for the inconvenience of having the whole construction related messes and all.

 

[HawkRod]

Looks great! I am sure the kids love it too - the basement with all the man-toys might become their favorite place!

 

[HT413]

Long time since an update but I thought I'd share a few things I did in the garage / man cave.

Can't remember if I posted a pic of the workbench. I sized it to stow my table saw under it plus I built this nifty cart to hide my plumbing / electrical / paint / drywall tools. The cart stows under the bench and rolls out for access. Works out pretty good and keeps my kids fingers out of it all.

Oh and I finally got around to hanging my old bumper out of my 69 belvedere. I hung it on the oem brackets which were fixed to a 2x4 and bolted to the wall. Makes a nice mantle piece. I also made a nice little shelf out of cabinet grade plywood, completing the transformation from bumper to mantle.

 

[HT413]

And here's another little addition - an old snap-on tool chest from the early 80's. Kinda rough, but functions perfectly and got a nice deal on it.

 

[HT413]

Just finished up some landscaping. Made some raised beds out of scrap tires and planted some veggies plus I added a semi-hidden auto-irrigation system.

I hand poured all I those paver stones (what a pita!). Each one has impressions of the kids' hands as well as mine and my wife's plus some other cool stuff (leaves, twigs, our doggie's paw prints, little 'gems' etc).

 

[HT413]

Here are a few more...

 

[NJRR]

Here are a few more...

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Cool idea on the pavers !!!

 

[kiwigtx]

Looks great, your going to make Richard redo his in the future.....

That's spooky....'cause he is in the middle of doing just that.

Nice work on the renovation/extension. A great job and a nice progress thread.

 

[Budnicks]

I like the pavers great idea, get all the family involved too

 

[conv67bdere]

Wow . . . am I jealous . . . the house looks incredible ( and the kids look like they're feeling right at home too )

The place looks great - you enjoy it now ! ! ! You deserve it . . .

 

[HT413]

I like the pavers great idea, get all the family involved too

Thanks, bud. Yeah the kids loved it, but the dog... not so much! Haha, he totally freaked out.

 

[HT413]

Cool idea on the pavers !!!

Thanks, NJ. Seemed like a good idea ... but boy what a pita! Had to be near 1000lbs of concrete went into those plus I individually cut the forms from cardboard sono-tube. Took FOREVER.

 

[HT413]

Well guys, I will soon have another nice update for ya... our good friend Bobtile is installing some tile throughout the first floor. Stay tuned!!!

 

[barbee6043]

cool! when i get a little older anfd more wore out, i will have to change from wood stove to pellet/corn..... Mo makes lots of wood pellets too!

 

[HT413]

cool! when i get a little older anfd more wore out, i will have to change from wood stove to pellet/corn..... Mo makes lots of wood pellets too!

Barbee, I *highly* recommend a pellet stove. Turn it on and forget it, runs for a couple of days without having to touch it except for loading pellets 1-2 x per day. Plus it heats the house for a couple of bucks a day. Downfalls are some noise from the blower and the flame sometimes resembles a blowtorch more than a fireplace lol.

 

[HT413]

Wow . . . am I jealous . . . the house looks incredible ( and the kids look like they're feeling right at home too )

The place looks great - you enjoy it now ! ! ! You deserve it . . .

Thanks, yeah the kids love the extra space for sure. On a really hot day we usually play in the basement. Tons of room for their little bodies. Probably feels like a baseball stadium to them!

 

[747mopar]

Wow, that looks awesome HT! Your house is one of a kind and it looks like it sits on a nice piece of property too. Enjoy

 

[Mike67]

Looking good!
I'm thinking about building me a place out in the country...

 

[barbee6043]

Looking good!
I'm thinking about building me a place out in the country...

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ha! yes! I have a lifelong f riend that has a ton of cars and parts. he NEVER sells anything. we have traded a couple of times though. he sold his place 10 yrs ago and built a pole building that is like 60 x 200! maybe bigger? in one end he built his home. he wanted to later build a log home but his wife liked this idea. ( good woman!) HA.....

 

[HT413]

Ok fellas, big news! First, here's what the 1st floor "used to" look like...