Our new shop - AKA Barnasaurus

[Daddy'O]

Toyota project completed. I sold it to a co-worker since my wife decided she didn’t want to drive it anymore. The accident scared her more than I thought. She felt she could have avoided the accident if the truck had ABS. She is most likely correct. My co-worker slapped on a quick paint job. Not too bad considering less than $400 spent total for fender, hood, bumper, valance, miscellaneous hardware, and paint. He’s happy, the wife is happy, so everybody is happy. Although I must admit, I had mixed emotions in letting it go. Both my boys learned to drive in it and cut their teeth in it driving to high school.

[Daddy'O]

Finally back making some progress on the shop’s interior.

Installing wainscot on the bottom 4 feet of the shop walls with leftover material (will still need to purchase a little more to finish):







The loft:











More to come in the next week or so.

[TBONE1964]

Hello Wayne,

The shop is looking beautiful. Yes it can be emotional letting loose of a vehicle that has been in the family for a while but as long as everyone is happy, especially the wife, all is good.

Take care and keep up the great work there,
Tom

[Daddy'O]

Thanks Tom!

Got more wainscot and the loft decking installed a couple of weekend ago. My contractor will be working on the stairs and railing this weekend. Will post up progress pictures soon.

I finally took a half day off work last Saturday afternoon and met up with my wife at our local 49th annual 'Peanut Festival’ where she had entered Nancy in the car show. It was a good time with outstanding weather. We had fun meeting and talking with other car/truck people. Nancy even managed to win an award.

[TBONE1964]

Congrats to Nancy and it is well deserved. You can't go wrong with Ochre

Take care,
Tom

[Cash3481]

Wayne,
Congrats to you both on the award and the building. I have 9 of a similar light that I got from a friend that does demolition on old buildings. I'm planning to use them in the barn I build(if I ever get to build it). Thought I'd share a picture of it!
Its dirty in the pic but they are indoor lights from along time ago.

[kcsa75]

Originally Posted by Daddy'O

...

I finally took a half day off work last Saturday afternoon and met up with my wife at our local 49th annual 'Peanut Festival’ where she had entered Nancy in the car show. It was a good time with outstanding weather. We had fun meeting and talking with other car/truck people. Nancy even managed to win an award.

Congratulations Dee!

[Daddy'O]

Originally Posted by Cash3481

Wayne,
Congrats to you both on the award and the building. I have 9 of a similar light that I got from a friend that does demolition on old buildings. I'm planning to use them in the barn I build(if I ever get to build it). Thought I'd share a picture of it!
Its dirty in the pic but they are indoor lights from along time ago.

Thank you Mike!

Those are great looking light fixtures and will look killer in your barn. Call me sentimental, but I really like it when old stuff like your fixtures can be recycled. Thanks for sharing the photo.

[Daddy'O]

Originally Posted by kcsa75

Congratulations Dee!

Dee said, "Thanks Bill! - Go ROYALS!"

[Daddy'O]

Originally Posted by TBONE1964

Congrats to Nancy and it is well deserved. You can't go wrong with Ochre

Take care,
Tom

Thanks Tom!

Ochre - some people just don't get it.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by Daddy'O

Ochre - some people just don't get it.

obviously. you can't spell my name either

[Daddy'O]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

obviously. you can't spell my name either

I can't even pronounce your name

This one is for you Ogre. It was at the car show and it actually made me think of your ride.....

[_Ogre]

yellow task force truck?
what not to like about that?

toothless ogre smiley?
that's cruel

[Daddy'O]

Stairs! No more ladders….

[TBONE1964]

Looking good Wayne

[Daddy'O]

Thanks Tom! I appreciate the compliment.

I got a call from an advertising company located in Arlington Texas last week. They came out Monday with a sky lift and professional photographer to shoot Barnasaurus. Seems my contractor showed some pictures of the building to the Mueller buildings branch office/warehouse in Sherman Texas. Well I guess those pictures made it to corporate because it appears my building will be in their next national sales brochure according to the advertising outfit. I say appears because I don’t know for sure if this is really going to happen or not. One thing promised was a copy of all the photos taken on a CD so that will be cool enough for me because I was able to see some of the shots the photographer took and they were really good.

Hope to get started on the 12x20 room on the loft along with some railing soon.

[_Ogre]

they didn't offer any discounts for using your shop pics? wtf?

[Daddy'O]

LOL - Yeah, you would think they would have knocked off at least 10% right?

[Sickfast1964]

I was going to start a thread on my new shop, but forget it. Thanks Wayne !!!! lol

Great looking building. Im not to far from ya, and would love to see that bad boy in person.

[Daddy'O]

Thanks Sickfast1964!

I work weird hours but am generally free on Sundays and Mondays. If you are serious about checking out the building send me a PM. I would be glad to show it to you.

[Daddy'O]

Some more progress....Man this is taking forever...lol!

[Sickfast1964]

That upstairs will be a great space. its almost like free square footage.

[_Ogre]

free, if you don't figure in the cost of steel mezzanine, stairs, framing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, sheetrock, etc...

everything is free then

[Sickfast1964]

Well I guess free is not quite what I meant. Lol. Thanks for putting me in my place.

[Daddy'O]

I knew what you meant - "Additional useable space".

Ogre is right, it's not free. The steel for the mezzanine, stairs, and railing was just over 5K. I'm not bragging - I'm complaining.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!