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520 sqft never looked so big. It's been kind of the rage out here where I live on the left coast. Since affordable housing is not so affordable, folks are taking advantage of our new law we have, you can subdivide your land once, with little regulations, for the sole purpose of building an ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) or what us old timers used to call a Mother n Laws quarters, and selling or renting the unit. So it gives those with any amount of space in their backyard, the legal means to split their property, and build for the sole purpose of providing living space, legally. 

I thought this would be fun to look at for anyone who is thinking of an additional dwelling on your property, regardless where you live in our country.

 

14 minutes ago, John Morris said:

What did you get done over the weekend,

 Basically a whole lot of nothing. 

20 minutes ago, John Morris said:

and what have you planned for the week ahead!

 More of the same if I can get away with it. 

27 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

51 minutes ago, John Morris said:

What did you get done over the weekend,

 Basically a whole lot of nothing. 

51 minutes ago, John Morris said:

and what have you planned for the week ahead!

 More of the same if I can get away with it. 

 

The way the weather forecast looks I think I'll help Larry this week.

Did get shelves put up in garage and now need more shelf brackets. Hope to more cleanup and pickup in shop since he DC closet is done but the wife wants to hang pictures. so we will see. But for now just siting by the fire.

Took apart and re-glued a wobbly chair, then reupholstered the seat.  A chair from the furniture bank that needed some help.   This afternoon, planed and jointed some pieces for a quilting friend of my wife's.

 

I wanted some shelves in my microwave stand to better organize the skillets and cook books I store in it.

 

 

In order to optimize the space in the cabinet I built the shelves in three pieces so I could assemble them inside the cabinet. The main section had two vertical supports with two shelves, this gave the the opportunity to try out cutting dados with my new table saw. Worked out well.

 

 

I put two insert nuts in a piece of wood at the top of the two vertical supports for the shelves and a third vertical piece to support the left side of the top. I drilled six holes in the top and used six 1/4" machine screws to mount the top to the shelf unit.

 

 

I only had about 5" of clearance to install the screws and I didn't have a short wide blade slot screwdriver to install the screws with so I took a medium sized washer and ground down a flat spot on the edge and use that to screw in the ..........screws.

It was made with 1/2" birch plywood.

So working on that and going to to dinner Sunday with my daughter, granddaughter and 5 members of my wife's family is how I spent my weekend.

Thought this posted hours ago...don't know what happened????

 

Watched a great football game Friday night at least from a Hoosier perspective. Saturday, Mrs. and I attended oldest grandson's JV basketball tourney. They won both games thus crowned tourney champion. After, we ran some errands, then had a late lunch at our favorite Peruvian restaurant followed by a late afternoon siesta. Sunday, Church in the AM, quick lunch out, home for a bit, then attended youngest grandson's basketball travel league games; they remain undefeated. A couple errands after.

 

Today, I did the minimum daily requirements; tomorrow taking the Mrs. to her 3 mo follow-up cardiologist appointment. I suspect my reward after will be a few errands.😉 The remainder of the week hopefully is errand free. Shop remains closed due to inclement weather. Winter donut season doesn't open for a couple weeks yet.

Edited January 13Jan 13 by Grandpadave52

No minisplit install on Monday as scheduled. 😕 I guess the unit had not yet arrived at the supplier. Hopefully today...

Well, looks like Wednesday for the minisplit. Looking forward to getting this part of the shop upgrade done!

9 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

had a late lunch at our favorite Peruvian restaurant

How's the roast guinea pig? 

9 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Winter donut season doesn't open for a couple weeks yet.

Who put THAT B.S. in your head? 

2 hours ago, HARO50 said:

How's the roast guinea pig? 

Who put THAT B.S. in your head? 

On a roll today John! 😂

Made a small panel...

Tis only 5' long..

 

16 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Today, I did the minimum daily requirements;

 And I continued that through today also. 

On 1/12/2026 at 6:48 PM, Bubba said:

I wanted some shelves in my microwave stand to better organize the skillets and cook books I store in it.

 

 

In order to optimize the space in the cabinet I built the shelves in three pieces so I could assemble them inside the cabinet. The main section had two vertical supports with two shelves, this gave the the opportunity to try out cutting dados with my new table saw. Worked out well.

 

 

I put two insert nuts in a piece of wood at the top of the two vertical supports for the shelves and a third vertical piece to support the left side of the top. I drilled six holes in the top and used six 1/4" machine screws to mount the top to the shelf unit.

 

 

I only had about 5" of clearance to install the screws and I didn't have a short wide blade slot screwdriver to install the screws with so I took a medium sized washer and ground down a flat spot on the edge and use that to screw in the ..........screws.

It was made with 1/2" birch plywood.

So working on that and going to to dinner Sunday with my daughter, granddaughter and 5 members of my wife's family is how I spent my weekend.

Looks like a very nice solution.

So I’m told I’m getting discharged from SNH hospital today! Second time of getting Pancreatitis in 5 years, with no explanation of why for either. Actually put me in the same room as first time. Can’t wait to get a good nights sleep, in my own bed! I’ve had better weekends! 🙂

3 hours ago, Artie said:

So I’m told I’m getting discharged from SNH hospital today! Second time of getting Pancreatitis in 5 years, with no explanation of why for either. Actually put me in the same room as first time. Can’t wait to get a good nights sleep, in my own bed! I’ve had better weekends! 🙂

Prayers for you Artie as you recover. My "battle cry" has become "a bad day/ night at home still beats the best day in the hospital." Stay strong my friend! We're here when you need us.

20 hours ago, John Morris said:

On a roll today John! 😂

 

Or on a rolling donut 😄

5 hours ago, Artie said:

Second time of getting Pancreatitis in 5 years,

Praying for a complete recovery, Artie. (I assume you didn't just check in to see that cute nurse again!?)

So, was discharged today at noon, feels GREAT to be home, Gotta be real slow on getting back ton real food, well…..yeah……. There was no shortage of cute nurses.