Building a Shoe Barn

[BrokenTrack]

Is there any ductwork for heating and AC in the master bedroom per supply and return registers? Being you're in Maine, assume heating is the primary issue and who knows what you could be using LOL

You are right of course, but in this case heat is indeed covered; I have 100% in-floor radiant floor heat. (LOL)

As for what I am using, if you go on this site, to the Do It Yourself Subforum, under "Making My Own 20 KW Genset" you will see the other project I am working on. That is cogeneration, which is where I am hooking up an old Perkins Diesel to a 20 KW Generator, and then plumbing the coolant lines into my radiant floor heat. That will enable me to make my own power and heat!

Once that is done, I will be able to use:

Propane
Firewood
Coal
Diesel
Electricity

(Wood Pellets as back-up)

 

[ericm979]

Our house's master bedroom had a 70's looking semi circular window above the one place the bed can go. When we replaced the windows we replaced that with a pair of short wide awning windows. Turns out that openable windows above the bed make a big difference in comfort on those summer evenings where we open all the windows. Even with a lot of open windows in the house it's noticeable.

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks like a well thought out plan. Of course, framing is easy, building shelves for shoes can range from simple to extravagant. I'm looking forward to seeing your shelves.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Looks like a well thought out plan. Of course, framing is easy, building shelves for shoes can range from simple to extravagant. I'm looking forward to seeing your shelves.

I can take a photo of what she has now, which is kind of nice. To me, they are just shoes, but for her...well...you know how that goes. I think a women has a thing for shoes, like we have a thing for tractors because they never outsize them. That is, no matter how much weight they gain or lose, their shoes always fit, and for the most part, they are in fashion. But I am just throwing that out there, if I really knew why my wife loves her shoe collection more than her children, then I would be replacing Doctor Phil. (LOL)

I will have to get a photo soon...

 

[BrokenTrack]

Yesterday after church I was able to work on the Master Bedroom some more.

I went up to the sawmill and found some lumber to work with, and I will be darned if it only took me an hour to make the headboard. For those that care about such things, it was made out of Spruce and Western red Cedar, the latter bought as we do not have that tree on the East Coast of course.

Then having plenty of time, I dragged out some White Pine I had kicking around, and made a Footboard Bench. It is amazing the difference a footboard makes, but they make making the bed harder, so we opted for a bench so that there is a finished look to the bed, but yet is light enough to move, and of course...what else...allow Katie to put on her shoes. This was a white pine that grew, was felled, limbed, bucked, hauled, sawn into lumber, dried and then made into a bench, all on my farm. I think it is pretty neat to go from stump to bedroom furniture all within sight of the house, but then again, 90% of my house is made that way.

I bought paint that is supposed to make wood look weathered, but I think I got scammed because it looks gray to me, not like weathered wood. Trust me, I grew up on a farm and know what real barn wood is! (LOL)

Just to orient yourself, this photo was taken at the bedroom doorway, and looking at where the old window once was, right behind the headboard. The shoe-closet is just out of sight to the left, and where the window on the left is, that will be a set of patio doors very soon. Equally, the tables are not staying. I plan to build new bedside end tables as soon as Katie decides what she wants.

 

[fried1765]

Yesterday after church I was able to work on the Master Bedroom some more.

I went up to the sawmill and found some lumber to work with, and I will be darned if it only took me an hour to make the headboard. For those that care about such things, it was made out of Spruce and Western red Cedar, the latter bought as we do not have that tree on the East Coast of course.

Then having plenty of time, I dragged out some White Pine I had kicking around, and made a Footboard Bench. It is amazing the difference a footboard makes, but they make making the bed harder, so we opted for a bench so that there is a finished look to the bed, but yet is light enough to move, and of course...what else...allow Katie to put on her shoes. This was a white pine that grew, was felled, limbed, bucked, hauled, sawn into lumber, dried and then made into a bench, all on my farm. I think it is pretty neat to go from stump to bedroom furniture all within sight of the house, but then again, 90% of my house is made that way.

I bought paint that is supposed to make wood look weathered, but I think I got scammed because it looks gray to me, not like weathered wood. Trust me, I grew up on a farm and know what real barn wood is! (LOL)

Just to orient yourself, this photo was taken at the bedroom doorway, and looking at where the old window once was, right behind the headboard. The shoe-closet is just out of sight to the left, and where the window on the left is, that will be a set of patio doors very soon. Equally, the tables are not staying. I plan to build new bedside end tables as soon as Katie decides what she wants.

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Looks VERY NICE !!!!!

 

[BrokenTrack]

Our house's master bedroom had a 70's looking semi circular window above the one place the bed can go. When we replaced the windows we replaced that with a pair of short wide awning windows. Turns out that openable windows above the bed make a big difference in comfort on those summer evenings where we open all the windows. Even with a lot of open windows in the house it's noticeable.

As you asked, this is what my wife has for a "shoe-barn" now, but as can be easily seen, it is woefully inadequate. Hopefully when I get the new shoe-barn done, it will work a little better for her.

It looked good drawing it up, but at the rate she collected shoes, it quickly became too small, and some of the shelves really do not work towards the top because her shoes cannot be stored head on, but must be turned at a 45 degree.

As you can also see, some shoes are not in place, and that is because we live in a shoeless house. For every day shoes, we have a mudroom where every one in the house has their own locker. So the walk-in closet is more for storage then every day wear. I will post a picture of that too so you can see what I mean. In that photo, straight ahead is the two bigger lockers for my wife and I, then our four daughters have lockers on the left.

It does not works so well all the time, but we try to be clean and organized! (LOL)

 

[crashz]

Nice work BT!

For what its worth, I had to move my wife's shoe collection a few years ago. The count was 77 at that time. When we moved to NH, she cut it down to the mid sixties, but now that I'm not paying attention, I'm sure its in the eighties now.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Nice work BT!

For what its worth, I had to move my wife's shoe collection a few years ago. The count was 77 at that time. When we moved to NH, she cut it down to the mid sixties, but now that I'm not paying attention, I'm sure its in the eighties now.

I literally laughed out loud when I read that! (LOL)

My wife is from New Hampshire too (we still have a house there ourselves). Maybe it is a New Hampshire thing???

The funny thing is, she belonged to (3) shoe-of-the-month clubs at one time. Now she has weaned herself down to one, "Shoe-Dazzle", but do you know who started Shoe Dazzle? Kim Kardashian and Robert Shapiro. Go figure!

 

[crashz]

You'd be amazed at how long it can take to move that many pairs of shoes. The racks of shoes moved OK, but I was tempted to get a snow shovel out for the ones on the closet floor.

It could be a a New England thing, but I believe its universal. Being in a cold climate, a component of the shoe collections are the boots. And boots for all types of occasions. Dress boots, formal (funeral and wedding) boots, really warm boots, actual working boots, etc.

When we moved from MA to NH, we moved from a 1300 sqft house to a 3100 sqft house. So the smallest bedroom became her closet and shoe emporium.

But the garage is all mine...