NaBloPoMo NoMo
I made it. It's the last day of NaBloPoMo. In case you hadn't noticed, the challenge was to post at least once each day through the month of November.
I could go for another month! No, not really. Posting daily is easy when you have time to think, research, and write. But it's a real battle when you are homeschooling, and the chores are piling up, and you've got eBay sales going on, and you decide November would be a good time to get going on that basement project.
Like I tell my kids all the time, if you're going to start something, make sure you finish it. And with this post, I made it to the end of NaBloPoMo.
So, Phil, you just completed NaBloPoMo! What are you gonna do now?
I'd love to go to Disneyland, but instead it's down to the basement to continue framing in the walls. We have a 400 sq. ft. unfinished L-shaped basement that nobody likes to use because they say it's dirty and cold. So I watched a framing video (about ten times), then bought myself a framing hammer, a huge pile of lumber, and a big box of nails.
So far it's looking good with two walls complete and three more to go. After the framing will come electrical outlets, drywall, painting, and flooring. I'm doing it all myself. The savings in labor is probably upwards of $10,000. Maybe even more because I'm a real slow worker.
My son has been a big helper these first few weeks. The full extent of his help is to run down the stairs every 20 minutes to say, "Good job, daddy, it looks great!" and then he gives me a thumbs-up. Hey, moral support is a valuable resource.
I'm going to take the weekend off from writing blog posts and get busy building basement walls. I want to have this project finished by summer.
Thanks for reading! See you next week.
I could go for another month! No, not really. Posting daily is easy when you have time to think, research, and write. But it's a real battle when you are homeschooling, and the chores are piling up, and you've got eBay sales going on, and you decide November would be a good time to get going on that basement project.
Like I tell my kids all the time, if you're going to start something, make sure you finish it. And with this post, I made it to the end of NaBloPoMo.
So, Phil, you just completed NaBloPoMo! What are you gonna do now?
I'd love to go to Disneyland, but instead it's down to the basement to continue framing in the walls. We have a 400 sq. ft. unfinished L-shaped basement that nobody likes to use because they say it's dirty and cold. So I watched a framing video (about ten times), then bought myself a framing hammer, a huge pile of lumber, and a big box of nails.
So far it's looking good with two walls complete and three more to go. After the framing will come electrical outlets, drywall, painting, and flooring. I'm doing it all myself. The savings in labor is probably upwards of $10,000. Maybe even more because I'm a real slow worker.
My son has been a big helper these first few weeks. The full extent of his help is to run down the stairs every 20 minutes to say, "Good job, daddy, it looks great!" and then he gives me a thumbs-up. Hey, moral support is a valuable resource.
I'm going to take the weekend off from writing blog posts and get busy building basement walls. I want to have this project finished by summer.
Thanks for reading! See you next week.
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9 Comments:
It looks great!
your basement is an exact replica of my basement, which is at the same stage of construction and has been for.....a year. I guess I have a little trouble with following through :)
Your framing looks great! I'm so impressed.
That looks awesome. Good job! (Thumbs up at'cha)
Looks terrific. I have some friends that just finished their basement project which they did all themselves, except for the electric. It took about a year to complete, but they took a lot of breaks from it to work on other projects. Please come finish mine when you're done with yours!
I just put up over six grand for a roof repair and drywall job. Wished I had the skills and time to do it myself.
Impressive. Little co-workers are invaluable with a job like this. You will be done before summer probably.
Belated congrats on finishing NaBloPoMo.
I hope we'll get finished pics of the basement. It's looking good.
thanks
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