I am being banished to the basement. I feared that this day would come. For the last year and a half, my RC workspace existed in our "great room." You know, that room that is so fashionable in American home construction these days because it makes your house look larger than it really is.
For my friends who live in countries with a far more sensible approach to living, a great room is pretty much a dining room and living room in one. My house is on the smaller side, as far as construction within the last 12 years goes, so my great room is more of an "almost good enough" room. Instead of shoe horning a dining room into the thing, our computers and my rc workspace has occupied part of the floor space.
Today, we picked up our Christmas tree. I am being relocated to the basement to make space for a temporary, already dead Frazier Fir. The basement is unfinished and cold. Since it is an unfinished basement, there is a severe lack of electrical outlets in the dungeon. I think there is an intelligent design behind this whole thing. The "intelligence" behind this is my wife.
For years, we have discussed finishing the basement. To date, I have drafted the floor plan, electrical/lighting, and HVAC plans on ACAD. Its going to be nice - someday. Oh, and we have a large stack of 3/8" drywall down there. I suspect that my wife, with her diabolical and womanly manipulative ways is doing this because she knows that I will not be happy in the cold, dank basement. She thinks she is tricking me into thinking that finishing the basement is my idea. I already see through her plan. Thing is, whether I see through her or not, she's already won. I HATE it when that happens!
For my friends who live in countries with a far more sensible approach to living, a great room is pretty much a dining room and living room in one. My house is on the smaller side, as far as construction within the last 12 years goes, so my great room is more of an "almost good enough" room. Instead of shoe horning a dining room into the thing, our computers and my rc workspace has occupied part of the floor space.
Today, we picked up our Christmas tree. I am being relocated to the basement to make space for a temporary, already dead Frazier Fir. The basement is unfinished and cold. Since it is an unfinished basement, there is a severe lack of electrical outlets in the dungeon. I think there is an intelligent design behind this whole thing. The "intelligence" behind this is my wife.
For years, we have discussed finishing the basement. To date, I have drafted the floor plan, electrical/lighting, and HVAC plans on ACAD. Its going to be nice - someday. Oh, and we have a large stack of 3/8" drywall down there. I suspect that my wife, with her diabolical and womanly manipulative ways is doing this because she knows that I will not be happy in the cold, dank basement. She thinks she is tricking me into thinking that finishing the basement is my idea. I already see through her plan. Thing is, whether I see through her or not, she's already won. I HATE it when that happens!