Raising (or at least Building) the Bar (814 hits)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (View user info) at 2008-04-07 22:35:24 EDT
Here're the results of my most recent inside project: building a bar out of an old unused TV armoire. Used to hold a 32" CRT TV, now it's WAY more useful.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, kids.
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-07-15 17:17:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Still awesome.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-07-15 16:48:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
you're my hero
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-05-16 14:11:24 EDT (#)
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nicely done.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-05-16 14:01:07 EDT (#)
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oh single barrel
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-05-16 13:57:35 EDT (#)
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in MA we only have the traditional black label.. once in a while I go up to NH to get Green (which is delicious).
what is the blue?
Submitted by loopdeloo (user info) at 2008-04-17 14:14:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-04-08 09:28:52 EDT (#)
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Jagerbombs!!
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-04-09 16:42:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-04-09 09:45:02 EDT (#)
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When you drink Jäger with Red Bull it's not a drinking problem indicator, the Flying Hirsch.
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Ok, I'll pick up a can of Red Bull on the way home and try one of those tonight. I think you may be setting me up, though.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-04-09 13:27:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2008-04-09 09:08:54 EDT (#)
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about to write my 2nd last engineering exam of the year, and now all I want to do is get drunk.
very nicely done
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Knowchamean. I had a personal tradition of drinking a large beer (Foster's Oil Can, Elephant Lager, something like that) after each exam in college. I continue the tradition to this day with subsequent qualification exams as I have to take them. 'Cos you know what you don't do: you don't fuck with tradition.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-09 13:10:32 EDT (#)
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Brilliant!
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-04-09 09:45:02 EDT (#)
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When you drink Jäger with Red Bull it's not a drinking problem indicator, the Flying Hirsch.
A longdrink glass filled with 4 cl. Red Bull with an opened 2 cl. bottle Jäger inside,
enjoy drinking Jäger alone!!
Submitted by Glenn. (user info) at 2008-04-09 09:31:00 EDT (#)
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Fuckin' A.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2008-04-09 09:08:54 EDT (#)
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about to write my 2nd last engineering exam of the year, and now all I want to do is get drunk.
very nicely done
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2008-04-08 22:13:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That's friggin awesome.
I made a pop-up cabinet for my inlaws, where the tv rises up out of the box.
HINT: old garage door opener and bicycle chains/sprockets.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-04-08 15:49:28 EDT (#)
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Cali - good advice. I ususally keep the Jager in the freezer section of the beer fridge when it might get consumed. One of the 'you might have a drinking problem' indicators is, of course, drinking Jagermeister by yourself.
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2008-04-08 13:22:17 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2008-04-08 11:56:25 EDT (#)
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Pretty sweet.
Better get that Jager on ice though.
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2008-04-08 11:12:37 EDT (#)
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Excellent job. I think we would get along very well.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-04-08 11:09:09 EDT (#)
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Kick ass
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-04-08 11:08:52 EDT (#)
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Ubarsite!
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2008-04-08 11:08:35 EDT (#)
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My name is Yozz and I approve of home construction projects, Grey Goose and Patron.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-04-08 10:56:26 EDT (#)
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Kind of reminds me of the bar I built when I lived in a Garage. Except, I just put bottles of brandy on top of a mini-fridge and called it a day.
Submitted by theshadypeach (user info) at 2008-04-08 10:52:04 EDT (#)
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The tiles and sink clinch the deal. Nice job and idea.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-04-08 09:28:52 EDT (#)
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Jagerbombs!!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-04-08 09:24:25 EDT (#)
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A friend of mine did the exact same thing except you took it a step further with the sink.
Nicely done.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-04-08 09:20:18 EDT (#)
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We also invented your country (Florida and all), and you'd do well to remember it.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-04-08 09:11:02 EDT (#)
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nice work, hit the showers
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-04-08 09:05:56 EDT (#)
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Dabs of mirror mastic I used indeed, Mudwhistle. I have made that mistake before on a quite similar cabinet to this one. It was once a smaller TV armoire and is now a very nice lighted/mirrored jewelry cabinet (upper section) and sweater storage (lower section) currently located in the bedroom.
I used limestone tile because it's locally produced and interesting to look at with the fossils and all. Not much is actually made in Florida, so when it's possiblr to buy local I do so. The general concensus is that Floridian taste is barely taste at all, and that's probably true in that the median age here is 56 and half the population came here from New York and Canada. I've seen British houses on BBC America, Apollo; you people invented clutter. And dark. And damp.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-04-08 08:57:24 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-04-08 07:20:50 EDT (#)
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Nice job
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-04-08 06:59:21 EDT (#)
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I hope that you used dabs of your Mirror Mastic as opposed to creating a 'seal' or closed loop....over time gases will build up and pop the mirror free.
Aside from that, nice work. I always enjoy reconfiguring cabinets, especially cutting down and reassembling raised panel doors.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-04-08 06:33:11 EDT (#)
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The tiles are REALLY nasty, but good work all the same!
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-04-08 05:10:05 EDT (#)
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P A R T Y !
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-04-08 04:50:24 EDT (#)
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Relax!!
Cheers Skrap.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2008-04-08 02:51:09 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-04-08 02:41:37 EDT (#)
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I remember you talking about this, it looks super.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2008-04-07 23:52:05 EDT (#)
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Not only is it a job well done, but you could relax with a drink right afterward.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-07 23:24:56 EDT (#)
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very cool
Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-04-07 23:18:23 EDT (#)
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Excellent.
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2008-04-07 23:16:10 EDT (#)
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If I were doing this....
And not that I could, but IF....
I'd of probably just drank the liquor and beaten the ever-loving shit out of the armoire with a hammer. I probably then would of set the refuse on fire on my lawn.......
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-04-07 23:16:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-04-07 21:39:06 CDT (#)
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Well aren't you handy.
I'm not sure about Floridians' taste in surface material though. It looks a bit "70s porno ski-lodge"
yup, american taste, particularly people from Florida ranges from 'hideous' to 'old lady', one thing I've noticed is Americans LOVE to cram a lot of shit in their houses.
Contemporary reductionism isn't their forte.
Wish I could do shit like this though.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-07 22:55:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck yeah.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-07 22:44:51 EDT (#)
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good show.
sloppy access cuts, though. what, you don't own a hole saw?
:)
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-04-07 22:42:52 EDT (#)
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Bra-vo. I need a man like you around my house.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-04-07 22:41:51 EDT (#)
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Point. Clean thoroughly before reusing.
And yes, I am handy. As in the Red Green tagline.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-04-07 22:39:06 EDT (#)
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Well aren't you handy.
I'm not sure about Floridians' taste in surface material though. It looks a bit "70s porno ski-lodge"