What is the goal for a day like today?

Work on the pine bed frame has progressed just a little over the course of this week. I’m sure that if I had of tried I could have done the whole lot in a very dedicated two or three day marathon. But I chose to do it little by little, with a mad dash sprinkled in every so often. Paid work, and house chores take priority over my hobbies. My main issue now is that to fine tune the bed I need to assemble it entirely, and my garage is not particularly wide, so a 44″ wide by 80″ long bed is kind of large for the space I have available. It’s times like these where I wish we had a double garage, so I could have a 4x8ft assembly table to work on. This is why I tend to focus on small projects. Don’t misunderstand me, I still drag my feet and work slowly on small stuff, but this big item does present a challenge I’m not too thrilled to have to work around. I’m happy I get to do stuff like build furniture for myself and family. I’m just unhappy with the space limitations I have. Creates a real mental block. Presents an unpleasant obstacle.

Next up is a book case, I think. That is more my size. Not too tall, and not too wide. I’m looking into a grid pattern cubby for my youngest daughter as well.  I think these may get built in the spring. Unless it stays warm-ish deep into late Nov-Dec it will soon be too cold to work in my unheated, poorly insulated garage shop. I think I may need to switch focus from wanting to buy tools, and buy enough insulation that I can keep the garage from freezing solid each winter, or becoming swelteringly hot come late summer. Everything is expensive. Gah! Too damn expensive!

I think I have expressed a desire to both insulate, and cover my garage walls in a tongue & groove board or plywood sheathing so that I can properly hang/display some hand tools. That’s a pretty pricey endeavour. I’d like to get some more lighting wired in, and a heater and air cleaner too. The list grows every time I think about it. Exhaust fans for spraying finishes and not gasing myself, the list goes on.

If I had that kind of money laying about, our vehicles would be new(ish), and we’d have a new fridge, and any other household item upgraded, replaced, or fixed first. Then I wouldn’t feel selfish about buying a few larger tools, or building out the shop. Oh, oh! The floors in the garage are a rough mess, so I’d love to have the floors tidied up too. Pour some self leveling concrete, and put some foam padding down to stand on. I wouldn’t go epoxy, too fancy for my tastes. But a level floor that castors can roll on effortlessly and not catch/drag would be a big win.

I have a running list of upgrades I’d like to make should I ever win a lottery, or score a massive project/pay day pay out. It’s fun to day dream!

Have a great Thursday. Ciao Bella!