Plan ahead

It's finally time to once again, put things back together. After removing all the cabinet fronts for painting in my makeshift spray booth, it's finally time to assemble all the pieces. In my minds eye I have an idea of what things will look like, and I must admit for better or worse what I am getting is what I planned.

Over the toilet storage area for towels,toilet paper,etc is coming together. It has to house the duct for the bathroom heat and the faux junction box and black pipe hiding the electrical for the TV outlet.

While I was there I really wanted to incorporate a piece of the original. In the drivers area I replaced all the instrumentation, opting to go with a newer dual gauge air pressure readout. The original was still in working order, so I kept it, in hopes I could use it somehow, somewhere. Being that the design 'motif' is subway industrial for the bathroom.....I thought 'perfect!' and incorporated the working gauge into the area.

Now some of my planning lacks some of the finer details. in the last post you saw the kitchen vertical plug. Well the plan is working well. I had the space, I had run the electrical wire, I had the hardware, but I neglected to install a junction box for the outlet tower to plug into. Installing one wasn't impossible, but it sure would have been easier BEFORE I installed the kitchen cabinets!

And finally, my biggest pride and disappointment. The finish on these drawer fronts is excellent, the allotted hardware purchase ages ago was right were I stored it and was a breeze to install. The momentary mind fart allowing me to be sloppy looks out of place. you be the judge.
I can't live with that, I'll have to redo that drawer.....eventually....grrrrrrr!

The time has come

 For quite a while I have been finishing components of the cabinetry in the bus. AS I did I would prime them and then put the first few coats of paint on with a foam roller. The finish was good....but not great. Despite the claims of the guys (sorry Mr. Trudeau ) persons at the paint store, I could never get a super smooth finish with a foam roller. So the time has come to create another spray booth.

I sort of forgot how many big drop clothes I really have, I was able to mask off the entire work space, and therefor protecting all the power tools from over spray. The ventilation works well and the heater in the room kept us a nice working temp.

The set up took about a half hour, the spraying took less than 5 min and the clean up probably closer to an hour of time! But well worth the results...

 Another "I'll do it later" projects is due for attention, and that is power in the kitchen. Trying to minimize placing an electrical plug through the bathroom wall, I opted for a little more unconventional approach. This long narrow box sits behind the kitchen counter on the drivers side. It acts as a storage area and conveniently is just the right size for , oh I don't now, a bottle of fermented grape juice?

And now for something completely different...

Think, New York Subway old school industrial.....that's a thing isn't it?
Custom building is a world of compromises, form vs function. When building a wall in a house, you from the wall, then sheath it. Therefor you have a hollow core wall that you can mount(and hide) electrical boxes and wiring. But a hollow core door eats up a lot of real estate. A typical wall would be 4.5-5" thick. For the bathroom in Fillmore that's 10" which is a lot! So I elected to go with a solid wall of 5/8" plywood. I saved a lot of floor space but lost my ability to conventionally hide the outlets for the bathroom lights and fan, the TV, the wiring for the AC system, and the water pump and tank sensors and controls.So I had to get creative with manufacturing faux electrical junction boxes. This will hide some stuff, and some others instead of hiding, I dress it up and display it (light switch and wires) A bit bulky...yes....solve my problem?....yes!

Where's Waldo?

Don't get me started, Oct 2 brought winter in full force, somewhere in there is a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta TDI....for real....