Basement Bar

  • The Before Picture
  • Carpet's Ripped up
  • How the carpet is butted up to the tile
  • Now I just gotta chip up the thinset... sad. 1 comment
  • This was just as sucky as it was awesome
  • How to remove thinset from concrete 6 comments
  • Chipping thinset up from the floor
  • <3 Dremel Drills 2 comments
  • Holes from the tack strip.
  • Filled tack strip holes
  • I just got done using Trig and Geometry ... in real life.
  • Bar Construction. Everything is just sort of propped up... It's not as close to done as it looks 2 comments
  • The Bar, Thus Far. 2 comments
  • The floor - mostly done.
  • Spraying Lacquer 2 comments
  • Cutting some drywall
  • Cut up wall
  • This is how the pros run wire...
  • I don't think the bar will be moving anytime soon. 2 comments
  • Now if I could just decide on the finish...
  • Where I've thrown my building receipts for the last month
  • Rico's Panel Saw Saves My Life 3 comments
  • Cutting it close.... This is all the floor glue that was left after 3 jugs.
  • The corner cut is not as perfect as I wanted. :-(
  • The back of the bar wrapped out 1 comment
  • The bottom of the bar wrapped out
  • Joining the countertop
  • Kreg Jigged!
  • A bit more support - so Nehru can sit in his spot
  • Cutting a hole in the ply for our support
  • Routing is Faster
  • Our hole.
  • Routing a piece of trim
  • Adding the trim
  • Weight for the glue
  • The bartop - installed and ready for stain. 1 comment
  • Cutting the laundry door jam 2 comments
  • Wood Filler
  • That light spot near the front of the seam was driving me nuts
  • Rico. Righting my wrongs. 1 comment
Photos / Projects / Basement Bar

Some photos of the bar I'm slowly starting to build in my basement.

Photos taken from February, 2007 to April, 2016 in Ankeny, Iowa

Album added 17 years ago (Feb 8, 2007).