Ongoing office build saga

Firstly, apologies. I'm sure no one is interested in this, but this is a blog after all, so I just write crap in here that I'm working on.

The dilemma right now is what to do with the floor. We were going to put tile in, then we decided to put slate tile in. But we decided that as slate is uneven, whenever we rolled a chair over it, the little parts that were uneven would crack and splinter so we'd be left with slate dust all over the floor. Not good.

So we decided back on tile. I did some research on installing a tile floor and while it didn't sound that difficult, it made me realise just how final putting tile down is. If you mess up one tile or one cracks, you just can't get it up again. So we decided to go with hardwood instead.

Great, another job I've never done before. Found the design we liked and went out and bought it. That part was easy. Installing it was actually not too bad either. A tip for all those thinking of doing the same thing. Walls are not straight and most floors are not flat. You can save yourself hours of frustration by making your walls as straight as possible and by ensuring that your floor is flat.

That said though, my walls are not straight and my floor is not flat and it went in fine. I have a creak in the doorway, but that's actually kind of old-world, so I don't mind that.

Almost done.

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So...

My Father-in-law went home the other day. 

The office is looking good. Many thanks to him for helping.

We have the drywall up and one coat of 'mud' on. I've had a drywaller come in and finish it off, so as of today, the subfloor is done, the wiring is all done, the window is in, the door is in and it's ready for paint, slate floor and desks. Then we can move in! Woo-hoo! Can't wait.

The snow is mostly gone compared to how it was and freelance work looks like it's going to pick up. I've had a couple of calls this week already.

I've decided to go at this freelancing thing a lot harder than I have in the past. I've bought a domain name and put up a first cut at a website. Find it here if you like.

Bought the wood for my desks yesterday. I'm going to custom build them into the office with one desk all the way down one wall and all the way across the back. I got Black Walnut for the desk, it was really expensive and is really heavy, but hey, it's not like I'm planning on moving offices any time soon, so I may as well do it right.

I'd like a logo for my freelance thing. Thinking of a caricature. I'd have to have one made though as I have no idea where to begin with arts stuff. I can spell Photoshop but that's about as much as I know.

Anyway.

End of line.

Building and constructing

Decided to spend the first couple of weeks of the year finishing my office. For those that don't know (and why would you?), I started the office project almost three years ago by tearing out the sauna that was in my house.

Well the room has stayed in a state of partial deconstruction for a while and since I'm not working it's the ideal time to get busy.

My father-in-law is here now helping me construct. We're doing wiring, external window, floor, insulation, internal pocket door and drywall. Should all be finished in a week or so. Dirty work and my poor hands are all busted up and scabby. Not used to manual labour I guess?

The family got a Wii for Christmas and I just bought Wii Fit. Going to Mexico in February for a couple of weeks so I want to try and get in some kind of less disgusting shape for then. This seems like as good a way as any other to try that out.

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