Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Mar 10, 2011 3:37pm
What the coolest thing you have ever built or made on your own?
My wife and I first home was a condemned colonial farm house in Perrysburg.
Cedar siding, side wall/ ceiling insulation, dry wall, and door and windows, additional garage, drive way contracted out under the purchase agreement with the contractor that owned the property. I gutted it …. new electrical, plumbing, phone line, sanded hard wood floors, heating system installed and roof by me. … it took a year before we could move-in but it was truly home…
My wife and I first home was a condemned colonial farm house in Perrysburg.
Cedar siding, side wall/ ceiling insulation, dry wall, and door and windows, additional garage, drive way contracted out under the purchase agreement with the contractor that owned the property. I gutted it …. new electrical, plumbing, phone line, sanded hard wood floors, heating system installed and roof by me. … it took a year before we could move-in but it was truly home…
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Mar 10, 2011 3:51pm
My daughter. 
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Mar 10, 2011 4:01pm
The pile of dirty dishes currently in my sink. Approaching epic status.
LEANING TOWER OF PISA EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!!!!
LEANING TOWER OF PISA EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!!!!
McFly1955
Posts: 1,441
Mar 10, 2011 4:02pm
If this answer is allowed, same for meFatHobbit;706600 wrote:My daughter.
....Although it says :"built or made on your own".I finished our basement last spring with our daughter on the way.
I did everything except for hanging/finishing the drywall. Put the walls up, installed lighting/outlets, laid carpet tiles, installed a drop ceiling with recessed lighting, installed an HD projector and 92" screen + surround sound speakers (wiring in the walls).
I'm saving the super over-the-top theater for our next house, so this is pretty basic, but planning to have different levels of seating, a lobby area w/ arcade, candy machines, popcorn, etc, in the next place, probably 7-10 years out
stroups
Posts: 3,223
Mar 10, 2011 4:06pm
Birdhouse in shop class
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 10, 2011 4:15pm
I'm getting ready to start a bathroom gut and remodel for our first floor bathroom. That'll probably be it when I'm finished.
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Mar 10, 2011 4:17pm
stroups;706616 wrote:Birdhouse in shop class
Lol same here. I made a mean jewelry box too.
Thread Bomber
Posts: 1,851
Mar 10, 2011 4:19pm
I blew a nut on the bathroom mirror once. It looked just like Betty White, white hair and all. this of course lead to another masterpeice.....
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 10, 2011 4:24pm
Thread Bomber;706639 wrote:I blew a nut on the bathroom mirror once. It looked just like Betty White, white hair and all. this of course lead to another masterpeice.....
Gross. But lol'd.
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
Mar 10, 2011 4:40pm
I made a lopsided coffee mug out of clay in Art class when I was a senior in HS.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Mar 10, 2011 5:21pm
I made a bitchin BLT the other day. It was chill.
Pup
Posts: 158
Mar 10, 2011 7:10pm
Block O ceramic bong in art class
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
Mar 10, 2011 7:25pm
A pirate ship. With a few boards, 4 barrels, 16 nails, and a recliner. It was called the Fuck Hinn. And approximately an hour after we set sail, we realized that pirates should stick to stealing ships instead of trying to build them. We were able to save the beer and the radio. The skull-piggy-bank-bow-ornament (full of loot), unfortunately is someone's treasure to find at the bottom of the mighty Muskingum River.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Mar 10, 2011 7:29pm
An apartment complex.
Probably unfair for me to participate in this discussion.
Probably unfair for me to participate in this discussion.
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adog
Posts: 567
Mar 10, 2011 8:00pm
We have a winner.... I like it......................Pup;706791 wrote:Block O ceramic bong in art class
Pup
Posts: 158
Mar 11, 2011 9:57pm
I had some great times with that piece. My best friend is a Meatchicken fan and refused to partake if it was to be usedadog;706847 wrote:We have a winner.... I like it......................
RIP Block O
sonofsam
Posts: 2,052
Mar 11, 2011 10:43pm
I made a mess in the toilet about 20 minutes ago... the girlfriend yelled at me because I left the poop stains for her to clean.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Mar 11, 2011 10:47pm
A business.
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Mar 11, 2011 11:24pm
When I was 13 my brother moved out and I got my own room. I was given wood kits for a dresser, desk, night stand, and 4 drawer chest. I put them together, sanded, and finished them. They are 30 year old solid wood furniture pieces now in my house.
killdeer
Posts: 1,538
Mar 12, 2011 1:34am
grape arbor...eight vines, all the cable and cemented the posts.
landscaped the entire yard
developed 1/2 acre wild grass preserve area for the wildlife.
mowed everything else down to Masters standard low turf.
landscaped the entire yard
developed 1/2 acre wild grass preserve area for the wildlife.
mowed everything else down to Masters standard low turf.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Mar 12, 2011 7:15am
I've built a few houses.