We did this basement about two years ago. Currently we are building a 700sf pool house at the same address – I’ll post those pictures in a bit.
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Very nice work!
What are the little trophies all about?
Is this person famous (athelete) or just have one of everything?
The trophys are Emmy Awards - he is in television but I'll leave it at that.
Looks nice, I really like the details on the lower bar area, especially the corner detail.
Doug
BTW, as the previous poster said, whats with the trophys, arnt those Golden Globes?
Looks like 37 of 'em. Would be someone like Ted Koppel or some such to have won that many.
Nice looking basement. got just about everything I'd want in a basement without being too ridiculous.
jt8
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." -- Goethe
Edited 10/12/2006 5:18 pm by JohnT8
How'd you get 37?
I counted 28
How about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Anastosjt8
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." -- Goethe
He has won 28 Emmy Awards and nominations
Could be?
Doug
Isn't it really sad...someone posts pics of a nice basement game/bar area and we immediately hijack it trying to figure out whose basement it is :)
Shoot, I'd be more than happy to own that basement, even without the Emmys.
jt8
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." -- Goethe
Shoot, I'd be more than happy to own that basement, even without the Emmys.
Yea, no shid!
Plus, what the hell would I do with 28 emmy's, cant imagine it impressing any of my friends.
Doug
I'd be over there looking at that sports gear. You just know it has to be some good stuff. Autographed game balls and such.
jt8
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." -- Goethe
Yeah, I agree - I wasn't sure if I should have posted the picture of the awards case but I was proud of my work and it takes up a sizeable section of wall in the basement. The job was very fun and the customers are very down to earth, and extremely considerate.
I admit I was a bit stupid yesterday and searched for the same combination and came up with the same name, so maybe it is.
37 emmys!
I tried to do a search and see who has won that many but I came up empty handed.
I'm guessing its not a name that I'd recognize, probably some guy that does art or editing or some such thing.
Doug
I only counted 28 so I must be missing something, but he also has 5 cable ACE awards, I'm guessing either an exec or broadcaster for ESPN or Fox Sports.
They didn't all come from one job - a few different over the years. No one you'd really probably heard of, but they are all his - I think the count is in the 30s, there are some in other locations too.
someone like Ted Koppel or some such to have won that many.
Nah, gotta be OJ...................
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"It's always better to have regrets for things you've done than for things you wish you had done..........."
Nah, gotta be OJ...................
Yea, his acting is top notch! He be acting all inocent and all.
Doug
Very nice work.
What type of wood?
Do you make your own mitered doors?
Chuck S
live, work, build, ...better with wood
All the wood in the bar and display units is cherry or cherry veneer plywood. Yes, I make all the doors myself. Believe it or not the mitered doors are actually mostly plywood with small amounts of solid cherry. Something I experimented with at the time and worked out well. In the end they took alot longer to make than traditional raised panel doors
nice work.
seriously.
i liked the baseball hat shelf over the $30,000 bar.
funny the things people choose to display.
(no offense, Boss)
carpenter in transition
The bar you made is beautiful! My son-in-law has been asking me to build him a bar similar to the one made. He's seen some furniture I've made and thinks a bar would be easy for me do build. I've tried to tell him there are a lot of things to consider building a bar..plumbing, electrical, design, etc. that I don't have deal with when making a piece of furniture. I hate to jump into a project like this without some kind of specs or guidelines. Anything you can send my way would be appreciated.
Thank you....Joe
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I wouldn't let a bar scare you. If you look closely at the bar it's construction is more repeating simply trim carpentry steps over and over. Basically I start with a 4' high maple ply baseframe. Since the floor is concrete I align the base frame and then shoot and glue 2x4s to the floor. Level the frame by screwing it to the 2x4s - then I screw in small scraps all over the frame to fully suport it. Now you have a level base. I make up cabinet boxes with 3/4" maple ply for the sides top, bottom, and back. Clear finish the interiors. Then make up a cherry face frame with pocket screws and finish that. Screw the boxes together and then pocket screw the face frame to the casework assembly. Put the casework assembly in position and screw to the base. For the face of the bar I stain and finish 3/4" cherry plywood and screw and glue the panels to the back of the casework. Now you have a finish face 1 1/2" thick. Then I make up pocket screwed face frames and nail them to the back. Install mitered trim around the insides of the frame. Then install pilasters with corbels screwed from behind and add a baseboard and more trim. Install the cabinet doors and drawers and you are done. The top is a cherry plywood lamination two sheets thick with the large rail molding screwed from below. I make all my trim myself with a W&H Molder, excepting the bar rail which is a two piece molding glued together. Email me if you need more info - [email protected]
Thanks for the information. Joe/Keedman
Really nice looking basement, how much of the bar fabrication did you do yourself?
And why the use of a drop ceiling opposed to sheetrock/plaster ?
Fabricated the entire bar from scratch in my shop. The primary reason for the drop ceiling was because of the concern that future changes to the systems on the first floor or the basement would require new cabling,..etc. It's good that we have as since then we have had to run gas and electric across the ceiling for a barbeque grill, gas and electric for a pool, electric for outdoor lighting, and for the pool house we are currently building, electric, water, phone, CAT5, and cable. If we had used sheetrock we would have had to cut holes five or six different times.
The drop ceiling makes sense I'm just not a very big fan myself.
The bar work is beautiful what did you use to make the bar rail?
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of them either but in this situation it was the only thing to do. The TV system alone took four men five days to run all the cables and set up. You wouldn't believe how many cables are in that ceiling. Also, with the satelite cables and other I believe they can't run parallel to existing Romex or else they get interference so they had to do all sorts of things to avoid that. Thanks for the comments on the bar - The rail is the only thing on the bar that I bought - it is a two piece molding the lip and the top part - you glue them up prior to installation - have 50 or so spring clamps ready for this - plane and sand the glue line and then install. I think the millwork shop I got it from sells mail order too - Bossen Architectural Millwork, Cinnaminson, NJ - They are real nice people to deal with - friendly to both pros and non pros.