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...the construction project that has been a soul darkening, money pit, time bandit, storm of despair...
Some of you know of my rants about the thieves, including both general contractors we had, drug addicts, gypsies, crap work, and all around nightmare a small 2nd house my wife and I decided to build over 3 years ago near the beach in Mississippi, mainly to make the most of Cruisin the Coast, the ONE vacation we take each year, to enjoy our classic muscle cars to the fullest extent by being able to STAY there, in the "action", instead of driving back and forth from our house. Even though it's only 45 minutes away, an hour and a half round trip, staying there just adds to the mental feeling of being on vacation, and makes the most of our precious time off. Having friends come by to share the fun is a lot easier too when you are where "it's happening".
I won't rehash all the problems, it makes me too angry, so I really just wanted to share a feature that came out nice, and gives me joy.
We had planned on only one bedroom and one full bath, but found out the loan appraisal was too low unless we added a 2nd bedroom and full bath, which really made the value per foot² jump up, so we added on a top floor single room, which could be a bedroom and has a shower, sink, and toilet, and a "closet area". What it is being used for is a Theater Room, and I got lucky as the room is 13'5½" wide, and the printed pattern area of the carpet is 13'6" wide, so no seams.
The "closet area" is going to be where my audio and video source equipment is, along with a retro small refrigerator and other concession equipment.
So after all that, here's our theater themed carpet. It has so many cool details in it, I find something new every time I look at it. A few things like: 3-D color glasses, popcorn containers, studio lights, VCR cassette, and so on.
ENJOY!
Some of you know of my rants about the thieves, including both general contractors we had, drug addicts, gypsies, crap work, and all around nightmare a small 2nd house my wife and I decided to build over 3 years ago near the beach in Mississippi, mainly to make the most of Cruisin the Coast, the ONE vacation we take each year, to enjoy our classic muscle cars to the fullest extent by being able to STAY there, in the "action", instead of driving back and forth from our house. Even though it's only 45 minutes away, an hour and a half round trip, staying there just adds to the mental feeling of being on vacation, and makes the most of our precious time off. Having friends come by to share the fun is a lot easier too when you are where "it's happening".
I won't rehash all the problems, it makes me too angry, so I really just wanted to share a feature that came out nice, and gives me joy.
We had planned on only one bedroom and one full bath, but found out the loan appraisal was too low unless we added a 2nd bedroom and full bath, which really made the value per foot² jump up, so we added on a top floor single room, which could be a bedroom and has a shower, sink, and toilet, and a "closet area". What it is being used for is a Theater Room, and I got lucky as the room is 13'5½" wide, and the printed pattern area of the carpet is 13'6" wide, so no seams.
The "closet area" is going to be where my audio and video source equipment is, along with a retro small refrigerator and other concession equipment.
So after all that, here's our theater themed carpet. It has so many cool details in it, I find something new every time I look at it. A few things like: 3-D color glasses, popcorn containers, studio lights, VCR cassette, and so on.
ENJOY!
