"A big project at home."

[George K]

@brenda said, in another thread, how she loves sheet-pan recipes when she has a big project at home.

I'm retired. I have exactly ZERO big projects.

And, I'm totally happy and fine with that.

[brenda]

@george-k
I always have projects, and I love it. Learning new things is invigorating physically and mentally. Hubby and I often work together, which makes it great. Each of us brings different ideas and skills, which helps both of us do better work.

We have wallpapered ceilings, and we're still married.

[Aqua Letifer]

@george-k said in "A big project at home.":

And, I'm totally happy and fine with that.

I'm kind of like that, too, George. I have "big projects at home" sometimes, but they aren't big projects for the home. I do stuff here, but I'm not really into treating my house as a project. I just want the place to work so that while I'm doing my stuff, I don't have to worry about it.

Really cool what other folks do with their homes, though. I'm always impressed by what Brenda and others are able to do.

[brenda]

@aqua-letifer
My projects include my rug designing and hooking, too. Right now, I'm hooking a rendition of an antique French postal card that has flowers over an arch that covers another view of a frog under his mushroom umbrella by the edge of the water.

I'm also designing a larger rug, about 3'x5' that has William Morris acanthus leaves and William De Morgan animals, such as his stork and frog combination and his hare. Water lilies are featured in the center medallion and the perimeter border.

Since the primary focus is on the animals, I have named it 'De Morgan's Marsh.' The Morris style acanthus leaves are widely used in all kinds of designs, not just rugs, so he won't get top billing in the title. De Morgan's animals are unique, and were used primarily for his tileworks.

De Morgan and Morris were not only contemporaries, they were also close friends and part of a group of artists that gathered at Morris' home almost every weekend. Their group focused almost exclusively on art for the home in the form of textiles, wallpapers, tiles, paintings, and anything that became part of the decor of a residence.

It's fun to bring these two friends back together in De Morgan's Marsh.

[Jolly]

I've got three downed trees to cut up, one widowmaker that's broke off about 10 feet in the air. Have to put a cable on it and pull it down with a winch or tractor.

It's about time to roll dirt in the garden, but I have to replace some bearings in my hippers. I'll plant what I did last year, fourteen rows, 100 feet long. Snap beans, field peas, sweet corn, butter beans, okra...the usual.

I've got a bathroom to paint, walls and cabinets. Not a big deal, I just hate to paint. So, I'll enjoy the sugar out if it, when I help paint my daughter's house.

Lastly, the wife wants a storage shed built. Nothing big, just 12x16. Need to move my coop and pen, because that's the best place. Sure wish material would get a little cheaper.

Don't know if any of that qualifies as big, but it will certainly keep me out of mischief...

[brenda]

@jolly Jolly, that sounds like a very full summer.

What type of shed will it be? Pole shed? One on skids? Other?
Got some of your sons or daughters to help build it?

Painting won't be so bad if some of your kids are there working with you. That would make it tolerable, maybe even fun.

[Jolly]

@brenda said in "A big project at home.":

@jolly Jolly, that sounds like a very full summer.

What type of shed will it be? Pole shed? One on skids? Other?
Got some of your sons or daughters to help build it?

Painting won't be so bad if some of your kids are there working with you. That would make it tolerable, maybe even fun.

I'm thinking just using some deck blocks and build a 2x8 box joist bottom with a 3/4 plywood floor, 2x4 stud walls, 5/12 2x4 trusses and T1-11 siding. Deck it with 1/2" OSB and shingle it with regular 3 -tab.

The bathroom will be by myself, but I'll get SIL to do the powerwash and scraping on his house. I'll use my spray rig to paint it, after he cuts in.

[brenda]

@jolly said in "A big project at home.":

@brenda said in "A big project at home.":

@jolly Jolly, that sounds like a very full summer.

What type of shed will it be? Pole shed? One on skids? Other?
Got some of your sons or daughters to help build it?

Painting won't be so bad if some of your kids are there working with you. That would make it tolerable, maybe even fun.

I'm thinking just using some deck blocks and build a 2x8 box joist bottom with a 3/4 plywood floor, 2x4 stud walls, 5/12 2x4 trusses and T1-11 siding. Deck it with 1/2" OSB and shingle it with regular 3 -tab.

The bathroom will be by myself, but I'll get SIL to do the powerwash and scraping on his house. I'll use my spray rig to paint it, after he cuts in.

You probably don't have to worry about footings so much, since you don't have ground heaves from freeze/thaw cycles.

Your plan sounds very similar to how we built our garden shed. I'd like to do something similar again to build a greenhouse.

Is the siding you're talking about also called car siding?

[brenda]

Yes, it's gonna be a mite more expensive with the current lumber prices.