Project Hopping (part 1)

Barn stuffed with stuff

I promised myself that I would finish one project before starting another.  I found that making the switch from whole house renovation to weekend project work requires getting rid of certain habits. 

When the entire house is under construction there are any number of unfinished projects in the works and each of these can be attended to as needed and when time and materials permit.  And this held true for the time period when we were living in the downstairs of the house while I was putting the upstairs together.

But now that we're utilizing the entire house for living, I have to be much more tidy with my work.  I can't leave stuff undone for days at time with tools and materials strewn about (or at least I know I shouldn't). 

I still need a place to make a mess, though.

The last stage of my air re-circulation project requires building a box to hide the ductwork and mount air vents.  This is going to entail cutting up boards, maybe some gluing, some sanding, you know, finish work. Now blowing sawdust around the bedroom or kitchen doesn't seem like a very good idea, and up 'til now I've been able to do that kind of work either in the house or out in the yard. But February and the driveway wood shop don't get along well.  I need an indoor space where I can set up the table saw and a workbench.

Cleared out and ready for construction --sort of

The barn is the place.  Unfortunately this means starting another project in order to finish one already under way.  Am I just procrastinating?

The shop area is going to be what originally was the horse stalls of the old barn (really carriage house) that's attached to the house.  This room has a dirt floor, and has been used as a storage area for the past three years.  When we first moved in, I bought a couple of 3/4 inch plywood sheets and propped them up on cinder blocks to keep our stuff high and dry.  Now I'm going to re-use those sheets for a raised floor.

At first I was going to just make some staging, you know, build a frame with 2x6 lumber and mount the plywood to it.  The idea was that I could then move the units around as needed.  But once I had the shop room all cleared out of stuff, I decided that a floor was what I wanted, so that's what I should build.

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