First of all since the flood the restoration company is FINALLY finishing up. Seems we have to repaint once they're done patching things up though. At least my house can finally be cleaned and it gives me an excuse to get the closets redone.

I swear I have the worst laid out homemade closets on the face of the planet. Double door walk in closet... over 3/4 of one opening is blocked by a giant shelf to the ceiling and the other door the clothes rack comes TO the door so you have to walk around that to get in. The not so walk in closet? The doors are so huge on it that when I open either side door it barely opens more than a foot. (considering i want to use THAT one for clothing and the two walk ins that are useless to me for storage..... it's pretty much useless) Also redoing the entertainment center (we have carpenter friends that trade me favors for a weeks worth of home made meals).

Let me show you what the entertainment center looks like.


Since you can't see it here. This is pretty much the stupidest thing I have ever seen. When we try to think about who build it our IQ's can literally be felt falling. Ok not literally. But still.

1. This thing is about 2 1/2 to 3 feet deep into the wall. Keep this in mind of everything else I hate about it. That is a LOT of space to work with and they wasted ALL OF IT

2. Not painted with anything but regular paint so everything sticks to it like it's laced with post it glue.

3. The shelves are all 3 feet deep (the cupboard under it doesn't bother me i like the storage even if is a little obnoxious) and oddly shaped so that there are about 6 inches above a regular row of dvd's (which is forgivable. it could have been meant for photos like i have... or vases or something) but they are still 3 feet deep. I have no idea why.

4. Now lets say this thing was built in the 70's when super computers were bigger than the entire condo/apartment build I live in. All tv's were giant and square. Fair enough. But that middle piece.... lets be honest here. It makes no sense.. There are no vents anywhere. Or holes. There is no way to stick the cable box, gaming systems whatever you have plugged in anywhere but right in front of the tv.
That shelf above it where I have my dvds? It's for show. There isnt even a hole in that to put the cable box in. It's a giant trap for hot air behind my tv, and i like to imagine in the 70's when it was build and tv's ran warm... it was a source of heat when the oven didn't work. It makes NO SENSE. Whoever build clearly not only didn't speak english or have any education at all about building things other than "nail goes in wood" but they obviously had no understanding of how technology works. I'm honestly impressed that there is a power outlet conveniently behind the TV.





So we are going to tear everything above the bottom cabinets out, rework it and build fans in to help air circulate. Easily replacable, pop in and out, computer graphics card cooling fans. Because we like our technology to work.

/endrant

Bodygasm.net I made a fun and easy link to my stuffs. Mostly because the locals I sell stuff to... aren't very computer savvy. Great at getting their kids to and from soccer practice but other than that.... so it's a fast little link for them. Too bad I haven't had any time to really spread it around to them since the flood.

In case you don't know I make things. Other than that the usual work stuff remains the same. Nothing exciting.