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Old 02-25-2009, 01:52 PM   #1
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Takin' use of Stud Cav. Space

...just built this today for a customer, nothing out of this world but I like it and I may build some for myself. The best part is I had most of the material laying around. I like the swing out towel bars the best. Made the frame just like a door jamb with 3/8" rabbits and dadoed in the 1/2" shelves. Fasterns are all SS except for the staples, they are galvies. It is all primed up, except that little nubbie, and ready for install.





I just notice now through the photo I need to adjust the one arm a little but.

The frame and casing in Pine, The backing is MDF sealed on all sides the rest is Poplar or Red Oak.


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Old 02-25-2009, 02:03 PM   #2
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Old 02-25-2009, 03:29 PM   #3
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When I refinished my bathroom....I had some space I didn't know what to do with....the vent stack runs up in this area, so I simply boxed out an area "for later".

Later came, and I thought I'd hit it with the wainscot...never happened, but that box just might fit:



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Old 02-25-2009, 04:06 PM   #4
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thats to nice to hang towels from.
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Old 02-25-2009, 04:17 PM   #5
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The finished size of the frame was 12" by 36 1/4", so I made the RO 12 1/4 and 36 1/2". I would liked to have gone the full size of the bay, but that didn't leave enough of a reveal next to the door and would have looked silly. Took about an hour to install it. I cut a hole, packed out one stud, moved an elec. box over one bay and slammed that pig in there with some 8D finish nails. Done and out the door. I will tell you what to, that was the first time I used staples (1/4" x 1") on casing...WOW they hold...seemed way stronger then 18 or 16 awg brads. I nailed it into place using 4 8D finishers per side into studs, then the thing was SOLID when I went to nail the frame to the studs...didn't budge or shimmy....nothing... prolly didn't need it...

I took those photos, posted it up on here, adusted the one arm and the headed over to the house...today was a stay at home and build in the "shop" day. I am now working on selling the customer to put matching "bead board" in the rest of the bathroom just like in Celtics.

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I took those photos, posted it up on here, adusted the one arm and the headed over to the house...today was a stay at home and build in the "shop" day. I am now working on selling the customer to put matching "bead board" in the rest of the bathroom....
Sounds like it was a "paying day"



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... just like in Celtics.
If you look closely [or I can take more pix]...the outside corners have some wood corner bead [I don't know what real carpenters call them] on them...this bath had 5 outside corners....what to do?
It didn't seem "right" to just leave the corners exposed ~ with 2 little kids those corners would be trashed within a week.
[I basically did the corner thing on EVERY outside corner in my house]

Something to consider/sell with this new [hopefully] customer.
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Old 02-25-2009, 05:28 PM   #7
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I did notice that, and was wondering how you did the base? The last time I did that, I made the corners from two 1x1/2" rips of poplar mitered together.
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Believe it or not...it's a Big Box "kit"...wainscot, top rail and bottom base trim....some skill needed ~ but not much.

The outside corners give it that "not a Big Box kit" look.....we hope ...
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Cool projects men,clean work all around.
I have a few too.
Needed light in my stairwell, fit this between stud bay.
Used to be a door where display cabinet is. 12" block wall left room for insulation behind.
The beadboard door hides my bath towels, underneath my water heater is conceiled.
Still looking to take advantage of unused space in an 800 sq. ft. home. Painting is on the honeydo list, still working on some trim details.

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Old 02-25-2009, 07:42 PM   #11
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The nooks and crannys can make the house man....lol
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The nooks and crannys can make the house man....lol
I used the space under my stairs as a pantry closet but I'm ashamed to post pictures as it is also a junk collection area.

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Old 02-25-2009, 09:07 PM   #13
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Here another idea .
While finishing a basement ,part of it was a theater room and the customer was a movie freak and had tons of dvd's so I made a shelf unit out of oak ,mostly scrap . This unit fit between two studs . Two weeks later he calls and asked for another one . Thinking on the fly sometimes can make you some extra cash .
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Here another idea .
While finishing a basement ,part of it was a theater room and the customer was a movie freak and had tons of dvd's so I made a shelf unit out of oak ,mostly scrap . This unit fit between two studs . Two weeks later he calls and asked for another one . Thinking on the fly sometimes can make you some extra cash .
I've been planning something like that, but I have too many unfinished projects already. I'll bet the word will get around so maybe you should prefab several units on some down time. In and out with a pocket full of Georges.
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I used the space under my stairs as a pantry closet but I'm ashamed to post pictures as it is also a junk collection area.
Never mind that,..wheres the handrails on your stairs at?
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Never mind that,..wheres the handrails on your stairs at?
This is a work in progress (6 years and counting) besides if I had railings my kids would be jumping on their beds!I had to do the pie shaped steps at the bottom first, because I only had a 30 inch landing. You can probably see the seam in the carpet from the old setup. Carpets on the list too.
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This is a work in progress (6 years and counting) besides if I had railings my kids would be jumping on their beds!I had to do the pie shaped steps at the bottom first, because I only had a 30 inch landing. You can probably see the seam in the carpet from the old setup. Carpets on the list too.


After 6 years of on going renov., we had carpet laid last Wednesday in the 2nd flr....I'm still missing 6 doors.....and the railing

Clearly, railings are optional in NJ
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Celtic,

You have certainly come a long way since that window trim job. Keep up the good work & the photos. Electrical work & pastries obviously aren't your only skills.
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After 6 years of on going renov., we had carpet laid last Wednesday in the 2nd flr....I'm still missing 6 doors.....and the railing

Clearly, railings are optional in NJ
Clearly, along with several other optional fixtures.
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The longest part in making those things is the towel arms, just because you have to run each on a router table for both sides. Kinda of a pain in the butt for me to set up the router table for a two arms as I don't have a "shop". I work out of a garage that also stores many other things, so I have to set up shop each time.
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