Dateline: Monday January 20th. The day the renovation of the basement begins. Can't take any credit for the progress being made down there...I got a great local firm to come in and get it done. I have little time and skill for such things, and besides, I'd rather get it completed in a month rather than having it fester for months or even years in construction limbo. The company I'm using is known to us...we have used them before with great and honest and timely results. You can't put a price on trust and quality. So the pins are wrapped and protected, dust is in the air, and the allergies are taking their toll. The little man, crazy with excitement, is making as much noise upstairs with his little plastic hammer as the real workers are in the basement. But come mid-February, my pins, my LP records and my aforementioned (in another thread) Islanders memorabilia will have a new home. My wife's shoes too....they'll have a rather large place to live (read on). The finished basement will give me just short of 650sqft of space all of which is being built with my electronic Williams monsters in mind...wiring, clearance, layout, and so forth. 70sqft of that 650 is dedicated to my wife's shoe closet...it had to be there...or the basement would not have got the A-OK. And before you ask she has more than enough shoes to fill those all those square inches. Stay tuned for more updates...hopefully no catastrophic surprises!
Original layout...a few minor changes have been made since it was drawn up.
End of day two: framing completed in the main gameroom space. I'll be lining up the machines on that left hand wall.
End of day three: the shoe closet rears its ugly head...my wife squeals with delight.
Original layout...a few minor changes have been made since it was drawn up.
End of day two: framing completed in the main gameroom space. I'll be lining up the machines on that left hand wall.
End of day three: the shoe closet rears its ugly head...my wife squeals with delight.