#housedestruction

HOUSE DESTRUCTION PT. VI

I am completed. It is done. Oh, except for building out the new lighting situation above the closet. Give a guy a break, I just worked through my entire vacation.

New duvet is from society6.com, quality was better than expected for the price ($99). Would recommend.

Wall art was handmade, but the photo prints are from Mount Eerie Pts. 6 & 7 by Phil Elverum. Pwelverumandsun.com

Moon tarot tapestry is from Urban Outfitters. I believe it is no longer available. $69. Glows in the dark.

Rickenbacker 4003w pictured on bed to suggest coolness. Solid walnut. I do actually play it in bed.

Headboard/record storage was custom built. Birch plywood. Super simple.

Not including decor, price of materials and supplies was just shy of $400. I didn’t keep track of labor, but 40 hours would be a low estimate, maybe 60 on the high end.

That means this project was $400 for the DIY'er, and easily approaches the $10k range for a client. Buy a saw and a nail gun and figure it out, kids.

HOUSE DESTRUCTION PT. V

HOUSE DESTRUCTION PROLOGUE

I just realized I didn’t put up any before photos of the room. Here they are. It was just your typical, white, drywall ceiling. I didn’t have much say in the way any rooms in the house were originally painted, though I did choose this particular color. I generally paint the ceilings the same color as the walls. 

HOUSE DESTRUCTION PT. IV

I think I’ve turned the corner with this one. House Construction Pt. I.  Nobody thinks I’m stupid or crazy anymore. “He’s actually doing it” or “It’s really happening” is something that gets said at least once, by someone, with every major project I take on. You gotta start believing in me, you guys. I do stuff.

I want to talk about total budget and feasibility for others at the end of this project, but right now, I want to say that I’m only $300 deep in supplies (wood, insulation, nails/hardware). Time and labor? Well, if I was doing this for your space, I think you’d be about $6k deep in labor so far. Not awful by any means, but every homeowner should buy a saw and an air compressor and learn how to use them.

HOUSE DESTRUCTION PT. III

Continued progress on self-vaulting of bedroom ceiling. 

This is after the wood slatting started to go up on the vertical walls. I’m using simple 1x4 pine boards rather than any sort of tongue-and-groove siding or an actual appropriate material. This will allow for easy replacement and removal of specific boards in the future, if needed. I also like working with just basic lumberyard materials.

The boards might get stained a slightly darker color, and everything (including the newly-exposed joists) will get a nice satin polyurethane coat.

HOUSE DESTRUCTION PT. II

Continued progress on self-vaulting of bedroom ceiling. This is after the wall extensions were framed to the ceiling and insulated.

HOUSE DESTRUCTION