This was really popular last week, I was really impressed with how many hardworking hobbyist type people we have here. It got me motivated to do some of my own things.
As a reminder, this thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers. We can coordinate weekly standup type meetings if their is interest.
Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.
Also naming the thread. Tinker Tuesday or taskmaster Tuesday, or something else? I switched the thread to Tuesday instead of Monday because the culture war thread refreshes on Monday.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Notes -
Does renovating a 1950's bungalow count? I've been working on this since January and living in the house since May. Full rewire, gutted the kitchen and bathroom down to the studs, built my own kitchen cabinets, installed a pantry over the basement stairs, hardwood floors refinished, repaired and painted every surface upstairs. With the exception of part of the wiring and refinishing the floors I've done everything myself with help from my father and a friend. I've learned so much. Electrical, cabinetry, flooring, mud and taping, working with old plaster (hauled out thousands of pounds of it), clever workarounds to avoid going into the vermiculite filled attic, plumbing, painting, demo work, landscaping, installing windows... It's so tedious and eats up all of my free time but I think it's something I'll appreciate in the long run.
Part of my wishes we'd just shelled out more money for a 'move in ready' home. It would have been much easier, waaaay less stress, and I would have had so much more free time. But I'm 'saving' tens of thousands of dollars, and all of this experience is invaluable. I wouldn't recommend it unless you know it will take twice as long and be twice as tedious as you expect.
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