From Dirk Pitt's Flip Files: Modeling Room v. 2.0
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So, when we moved to Fort Collins in
2010, the house we bought was a foreclosure.
We got a great deal on it, but consequently, it was in need of quite a
bit of renovation work. Thus, for the
last year and a half, we’ve been basically renovating room by room, project by
project. Finally, a month ago, we got to my favorite
room: my office and modeling room! I had a design in mind from the get-go,
geared towards the needs of the modeler.
I’ve put some pics side by side to show a
before and after view, as well as a couple of additional pics. First we painted the walls a nice rich, red
ochre color. I stole that idea from some
of the pics posted in the other thread about modeling rooms (thanks, guys!). I repainted the trim boards white and
reinstalled them as well. Both the walls
and trim boards were very beat up, as this had been a college rental house
before we bought it.
After the walls were done, we ripped out
the nasty, cat-pee-stained carpet and replaced it with laminate hardwood
flooring. I tell you what, this stuff is
SO much easier to clean! As long as you don’t
spill any paint, you can sweep it on a weekly basis. Dust and crap is cut way down, plus it’s
easier to find lost parts on the floor.
After the floor was finished, I cut
squares of clean leftover carpet to slide under all the display cases so they
could be moved around easily. The carpet
is placed upside down, and hence the display case slides very well on the
flooring. After that we installed a new
door, white instead of that nasty ‘70’s brown, and I strategically placed power
strips at all the outlets. These are
very handy for plugging in Dremels or compressors or such, and as long as you make
sure not to draw more than 12 amps off the circuit, you won’t blow any
breakers. You can see them on the floor
in some of the pics.
Finally, I installed brighter light bulbs
in the overhead room light, installed new insulated blinds for the windows, and framed and hung the artwork. The artwork had been rolled up in my closet
since 2003 or so, so it was nice to get it on the wall.
Anyway, here’s my new and improved
modeling room, version 2.0!
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
Before:
After. We have yet to replace the closet doors here, as well as put a couple more pics on the wall. Little bit different angle on this shot as well ;)
Back facing the door now. I use the dry-erase board to make notes for project steps, as it helps me stay focused and get stuff done. I also note songs I've liked from Pandora on there, so I can buy them later.
Annnnnd.....a shot of the bench:
Start to finish, it took my wife and I about three weeks to get it done, but most of that work was on weekends. We also had to wrangle a five-year-old and a three-year-old while we did it. I still need to replace the light switch and all the electrical outlets.
Anyway, I'm off to build! Hope you enjoyed the pics.
Chris