So after several days and countless hours of blood, sweat, and more sweat, the garage is finally finished. Now instead of being the proud owner of a dark and dirty garbage heap in the back of the house, I am now the proud owner of a functioning music practice room! Should be tons of fun. Or else in the words of Jake Blues, "We're gettin' the band back together!"
Anyway, in honor of finishing this huge project, I've decided to post some of the "highlights" from the endeavor.
10. Providing sufficient electric power to a room configured for a single light bulb.
9. Finding a rat skeleton from what appears to be the 1980s.
8. Lugging 1600 sq. ft. of carpeting and padding from Century City in my Honda Civic. Yes, it took two trips.
7. Slicing my fingers multiple times on a carpet blade. Ouch!!!
6. Manipulating how in the world to attach a carpet to a cement floor! (It turned out that double-sided carpet tape was the only thing that did the trick).
5. Over 400 screws put into place by a low-powered, often dying, battery operated drill.
4. Having a garage door that now takes actual muscles to lift.
3. Spending three hours worrying about how to crack a padlock which locked the door open, only to realize that simply screwing off the hinge did the trick completely.
2. Taking two showers every day during construction
1. Having an amazing looking, amazing sounding bona-fide practice room (without ticking off the neighbors)!!!
2 comments:
Well done! Yes, we're strangers. Yes, I'm a weird black girl on the other side of the Atlantic but I'm very proud of you... You had a goal and worked your arse off to achieve it.
I loved the "rat skeleton" bit - how surreal and creepy and hilarious!!
AWESOME!!! Great job!!!!
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