How to avoid remodeling the bathroom...

BonsaiNut

BonsaiNut

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Ok so I have to do another bathroom in our house. It's demoed to the studs and I have lifted the ceiling, but I hate pulling wire and am looking for any excuse before I dive into the electrical. Because this was a short week, I kept my wife distracted by completing a couple off-projects.

(1) I made a couple of walnut cutting boards for the kitchen to match our cabinets:

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(2) I completed an art wall in the family room for photos:

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(3) I built a walnut speaker case for our center speaker over the TV. This is one of those mobile TV mounts that you can drop down a couple of feet off the wall so that you can watch movies at lower level, if you so desire. I had to not only build the speaker case, but the hardware to mount it on the TV mount:

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I guess tomorrow I am stuck pulling wire :(
 
BonsaiNut said:
Ok so I have to do another bathroom in our house. It's demoed to the studs and I have lifted the ceiling, but I hate pulling wire and am looking for any excuse before I dive into the electrical. Because this was a short week, I kept my wife distracted by completing a couple off-projects.

(1) I made a couple of walnut cutting boards for the kitchen to match our cabinets:

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(2) I completed an art wall in the family room for photos:

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(3) I built a walnut speaker case for our center speaker over the TV. This is one of those mobile TV mounts that you can drop down a couple of feet off the wall so that you can watch movies at lower level, if you so desire. I had to not only build the speaker case, but the hardware to mount it on the TV mount:

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I guess tomorrow I am stuck pulling wire :(
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Wow, beautiful work! You’d like my hubby, he’s super into wood and metal work. He made a cutting board out of olive.
 
mountaingirl sara said:
Wow, beautiful work! You’d like my hubby, he’s super into wood and metal work. He made a cutting board out of olive.
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I was glad she wanted a couple of plain cutting boards of 100% walnut. The last one I made her for a Mother's Day gift was sapelle and sugar maple... and it took me 10x as long :) Though I agree that the design may be a little too busy for some tastes :)

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BonsaiNut said:
I was glad she wanted a couple of plain cutting boards of 100% walnut. The last one I made her for a Mother's Day gift was sapelle and sugar maple... and it took me 10x as long :) Though I agree that the design may be a little too busy for some tastes :)

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Oh my gosh, that must have been tough to get the pieces cut perfectly! So cool:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: do you use a lathe too?
 
mountaingirl sara said:
Maybe that’s a good thing to be out of space, my husband had a shop built and has now filled it with machinery and tools:thumbsdown: it can get out of control IMO:Roflmao
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Yes. With furniture it gets a little out of control. I made a rocking chair for my dad, and with our kitchen remodel I started working with our cabinetry guys to do all the other woodwork (baseboards, fireplace mantle, etc) in matching walnut. Now my wife wants me to do a banquette and kitchen table - and she is already asking about the master bathroom. I don't doubt once I get all that done she will find some other project, LOL! At least I can say we are running out of bathrooms!

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BonsaiNut said:
Yes. With furniture it gets a little out of control. I made a rocking chair for my dad, and with our kitchen remodel I started working with our cabinetry guys to do all the other woodwork (baseboards, fireplace mantle, etc) in matching walnut. Now my wife wants me to do a banquette and kitchen table - and she is already asking about the master bathroom. I don't doubt once I get all that done she will find some other project, LOL! At least I can say we are running out of bathrooms!

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Oh my gosh, that is beautiful!
 
BonsaiNut said:
Yes. With furniture it gets a little out of control. I made a rocking chair for my dad, and with our kitchen remodel I started working with our cabinetry guys to do all the other woodwork (baseboards, fireplace mantle, etc) in matching walnut. Now my wife wants me to do a banquette and kitchen table - and she is already asking about the master bathroom. I don't doubt once I get all that done she will find some other project, LOL! At least I can say we are running out of bathrooms!

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Your work is exquisite - and as the manly man I am, I don't use that term lightly!



Now I must return to my pedicure and wine spritzer. :oops:
 
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