I’m sorry. That post the other day about Blade: The Series was such a fankids rave that I can’t even go back to check the thing for spelling errors. It was like this total geek out moment while watching the show with a keyboard way too close to me. In the future I hope to keep such things separate with the goal of writing something less play-by-play than that horror-post but I make no promises. So as to prevent anymore Dork-Side geek outs, I’m going to post some pictures of work in my brother’s new house.

I’ll highlight other parts of his house at a later date, but I wanted to look at his office. Mind you, this is not my house—but it is listed under home and design because he did some great interior design decisions (ie: sage green; the same color I used for my own office).

Below is my father. The dude taught himself how to build rooms because he hated paying for it. Having a steady hand as a mechanic and able to do some tight spec-drawings he has no problem going into a room, lining things up and taking his time while cutting. Sure he gets angrier as he guts hungrier but lots of men do that. Just leave him alone as he gets to work. What we have here is a pic of the gutted room and in the far right there’s a beam nailed across the roof-beams where the room is going to be extended. That’s about 2: enough to fit in a desk and not have it in your face. The other part of the project was to run electricity and cable throughout the room so it can support computers, air conditioning, a cable-tv and lamps.

That’s my brother “supervising” the new wall. It’s a good height and leaves a crawl space for storage behind the wall. Previously this room had zero insulation and cardboard (i kid not) walls. The previous owner had corrugated cardboard boxes, flattened and painted metalic silver to work as a reflector (I guess). You might see the same thinking next to an old radiator. My father had to put in the wiring before putting in the insulation and the beams before the wiring so that’s what you see here.

Here’s the drywall being put up. Now drywall sheets usually come in bigger sizes then the sectionals you see here. Thing is my brother’s house is older so the stairwell that goes up to the attic (this room) is extremely tight with a doorway off of a narrow hallway. The bigger drywall pieces couldn’t fit so my father had to cut them down and bring them up one at a time with zero a/c. Ack. But you do get to see how nice the walls will look once some joint compound is put in.

Tons of outlets. Perfect for the 21st century. Note the floor. If you look back at the previous pics all the floor shots were muddy brown. New flooring was not put in; the old floor was just sanded down, stained and polyurethaned. Honestly, people, if you have hardwood check if you can salvage it before doing something insane. Right here you see a perfect example of No Matter How Much Grime These Things Will Look Good In Time.

Gorgeous; ignore the laundry basket. He is a guy. White Sofas and entertainment unit from Ikea. The “sage” green paint from Home Depot. The lamp on the ceiling, to come.