House Projects

[Kracka]

Garage ceilings high enough for a lift?
Probably, they're higher than the current.

[A//// Guy]

Nice upgrade! What happened to the grass in the front yard of the old place? Looks rough haha.

[Kracka]

Nice upgrade! What happened to the grass in the front yard of the old place? Looks rough haha.
I happened to it :( Apparently, I suck at yard care. The real killer was last July when I was out of town for 10 days and it got no water. I did quite a bit last spring/summer to get it looking good, but when I returned after that 10 day stretch it was brown and never recovered. The trees sucking up most the moisture don't help the grass any either. Had I not found a new house, my plan was to re-sod it this year and get a sprinkler system installed. Luckily, the new house has a sprinkler system, plus I'm going to actually make an effort at fertilizing it at the right times.

[A//// Guy]

Ahh nice on sprinkler system! That should really cover the bases. Fertilizer helps for sure, but once or twice a year is good enough in most cases. Water is crucial for sure, once it dies its needs to be replaced. Awesome you got full asking price and more!

[asshanson]

You inspired me to do LED replacement. So far I have just done the kitchen/dining room: 7 recessed floods, all were 65W. Replaced them with GE 10W that are actually a little brighter than the old bulbs. I went with GE because I found them for a few bucks cheaper than the Cree and the specs were nearly identical. Next I need to find 6 LED candle style for the living room ceiling fan and bedroom ceiling fan. That will probably be it, since we don't use the other rooms much. I figured it will take about a year for them to pay for themselves at $7.50 each.

Sooo, LED prices are getting cheaper every year. I bought a pack of 8.5W LED A19 bulbs with medium bases (i.e. standard sized light bulb) at Home Depot for $7/4pack. The light output is 800 lumens for 8.5W which is incredible efficiency. That will be like $5/year savings per bulb, so they pay for themselves in a few months.

My living room and bedroom only have overhead fan assemblies as the switchable light source, and they use the small candelabra bases, and LEDs really suck in this size with any substantial light output. So I rewired our ceiling fan to the usual 'medium base' light bulb sockets instead of the mini candelabra ($3/socket at menards with pigtail), and plugged in these crazy bright LED A19 bulbs. They look decent in the fan, and have WAY more light output for the same wattage as my old LED candelabra lights. It's by far one of the best $15 investments (bulbs and sockets total) I've ever made in the house, plus I can reuse the candelabra lights elsewhere now. And the CRI is awesome compared to the cheapo LEDs I bought off amazon from china, our living room felt dreary with those daylight LED bulbs before, it's amazing how much difference the CRI makes.

Any rate, I totally recommend the Phillips LED A19 bulbs on sale at Home Depot for $7 for 4pack. By far the cheapest LED bulbs I've seen and so far love the quality. (I have no stock in Home Depot, just trying to pass on a good deal to others).

[Kracka]

I've almost completely converted my new house to either LED or CFL. Money savings, longer life, plus less heat generated! I've found some great deals on LED bulbs at Lowes too. Be careful when shopping Amazon; some deals are great, others are more expensive than the orange and blue big boxes.

[asshanson]

I finally got my third stall epoxy coated (2 base coats + 2 clear coats). Back when I bought all the materials I mixed all the gray buckets together so the color would match exactly. I also cleaned up the garage floor, finally fastened my workbench to the wall, hung a bunch of things up on the moveable hooks, etc. Garage feels a lot bigger now.

Sorry for the crappy exposure from my cell phone, but you get the idea. The only thing left to do is wait for a guy friend to come over to help lift the tool box onto the left side of the bench.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/garage1.JPG
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/garage2.JPG

Here it is with all the stuff put back in place at the front of the garage:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/garage3.JPG

All in preparation for this coming home yesterday:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/noblehome1.JPG

[Speedfreak]

Looks good.

Re toolbox: Pull out all the drawers and you can lift it yourself. I just moved my large toolboxes this way a couple weeks ago.

[turbotalon1g]

Ooooh looks good! I'm hoping to do some garage work this winter.

Looks a lot cleaner than when I last saw it and that car is sooo sexy.

[Kracka]

The past few weeks I've been busy with the garage and media room projects. They aren't quite done, but at least getting very close!

Garage floor coated with epoxy, walls painted, ceiling painted, and starting to get things hung/organized:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/611/medium/20161211_165652.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/611/medium/20161211_165654.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/611/medium/20161211_165656.jpg

Sony 65" 4K HDR w/Sony soundbar + wireless sub (wireless rear speakers coming next):
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/611/medium/20161210_161138.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/611/medium/20161210_161046.jpg