Monday, January 21, 2008

let the weekend projects begin . . .

Well, now that we're in, there are a plethora of things to be done to make our house a home (and a little more functional).

Project #1 has been in the planning process for a while - we intentionally left our loft/master closet area kind of bare bones with the intention of customizing it later - well later is now. We installed an Elfa closet system two weekends ago - which worked GREAT, I was very impressed with the install simplicity - here a quick shot of that . . .


And this weekend was my desk/bench project which has gone through many guises until landing on a final design. Google Sketch-Up was priceless in my design work (oh yeah, it's free) - here's what I planned in Sketch-Up . . .


And here are some progress pix of the build - BTW, all done with products from the good folks at Ikea (Pronomen beech wood countertop material and Effektiv cabinets and doors) . . .











Also kicked off some painting projects - kid's rooms first, here's Addison's new paint job . . .



Alex's room is in progress - more to follow when done . . . oh, and our new starburst clock, and contemporary twist on a modern classic . . .

7 comments:

  1. you've really been busy...everything looks fabulous...inside and out!

    -Alana and Alex
    5416 Agatha

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  2. great hack of ikea stuff! that's a great desk. and love your paint colors. when's the open house?!?!?
    sybil

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  3. open house TBA . . . at some point you just gotta say, okay it's done enough, right????

    We are thinking about an event in the net few weeks or so, we'll see.

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  4. so uh, what wine/cheese shall i bring? i know you drink wine, because i saw your wine fridge in the shot. great way to drop a hint! ~ love the way it's becoming a home for your family.

    just a request, when you take pics of the living room shift your position a little so we can get a look of that super cool house in the background. you know the 3-story brown one with the stone....
    ;~)

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  5. I disvover your blog from ikeaHacker and I have a question, which software do you use to make indoor and outdoor plan ,

    Thanks

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  6. Hey Rob,

    I love the innovation! The lower surface passing through the center support and creating an additional shelf is great.

    - I'm just curious about how you fastened the horizontal surfaces to the vertical supports. Got any secrets?

    - Are the main desk pieces anchored to the wall? And cut out around the molding?

    Thanks for the scoop, I'm thinking of doing to do something similar.

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  7. Hi there, I'd like to use an image from the post in a blog post that I'm putting together about inspirational workspaces for webworkerdaily.com. I'm linking back to this post. Would it be Ok to use one image? Please let me know: simon (at) gigaom (dot) com

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