Project Party Barn: A slow progression to smoking bliss.

[LakeTex]

Ok, it's been a long time coming, but I'm going to start documenting the progress of the party barn. What we're dealing with here is a 12x11 storage shed that looks like a little red barn. It has high ceilings, two windows, and some metal junky french doors. For the last year I've been using it as is, throwing backyard BBQ's, and playing darts. I've got a few little add ons, but nothing too radical.

Last night, my buddy Rob brought me over three rolls of electrical wire that he scored from work. This is about $500 worth of wire. So now it's AWN. Will get pics tonite.

Plans will be:

Run 220 service out there underground. Right now it has a 110 feed that it shares with the patio and rear living room. I'll put a small breaker box in the barn and use it to run my new 110V air conditioner, a wine fridge (for wine hehe), lights, fan, exhuast fan.

Replace the dinged up and hard latching metal doors with a real french door or fixed door unit

-----The above is what I plan to complete this summer----

For Fall,

Add a dedicated darts lane to the back of the building. This lane will span the width of the building, and be about 4' out from it. It will get the darts out of the main room and let us use the main area for a bar/herf room.

Sheetrock the inside, and put oak plywood on the inner roof slope. Paint the sheetrock...color TBA. Stain the oak plywood dark. Stain the beams dark too.

Thinking about a mural on a wall. Want one wall to be pics of cigar events, vacations, ect. Really dont know here.

Planning on furnishing the inside of the bar area with a nice rug, nailhead leather sofa, couple comfy chairs.

Anyways, I'll get a few pics of what I'm working with and make this a long slow buildup thread of progress. Maybe that'll get me really motivated to make it happen in short order.

I think due to heat of Texas and not wanting to run that window unit all the time, I'll continue to store my cigars in the house. Maybe bring a desktop humi out when we have parties or something.

Of course, when it's finished, everyone's invited to a herf at my house!

Bryan

[mike s]

Dont forget to add roll insulation and an exterior grade vapor barrier to help keep it cool/warm. Those little window units can be pretty efficient, and may be a better way then cooling your whole house to keep your cigars at temp. Nice score on the Romex wire man that stuff adds up for sure.

cant wait to see the pix when you are done!

[LakeTex]

Originally Posted by mike s

Dont forget to add roll insulation and an exterior grade vapor barrier to help keep it cool/warm. Those little window units can be pretty efficient, and may be a better way then cooling your whole house to keep your cigars at temp. Nice score on the Romex wire man that stuff adds up for sure.

cant wait to see the pix when you are done!

True True. I forgot to mention the insulation, but i didn't even think about the vapor barrier. Might consider the a/c all the time, but the window unit I had donated for a day of moving work is a manual a/c...can I add a thermostat to it?

[mike s]

you know....maybe the stuff I am talking about isn't called vapor barrier? It is that plastic material you see the home builders using to wrap the framing. I am just thinking it would help with the big temp differences that we get here in Texas. As for the ac unit you have, I have never run across one that did not have a thermostat and would not have a clue how to add one. That thing must be pretty old huh? Any idea on its BTU rating? Seems like you can't beat the price you got it for though

[LakeTex]

No, it's a pretty new unit. Maybe it has a thermostat and I just don't know where to find/set it. Haven't looked at it much. It's not digital. It's got two knobs. One is for colder/hotter and the other is for speed. I'll look at it a little closer tonight.

[MountChuck]

Originally Posted by LakeTex

Paint the sheetrock...color TBA.

Somebody makes a color called "Smoker's Jacket Red." That's the color on the walls in my shop. Nice, antique like maroon color. It came from either Lowe's or Home Depot.

[carnellm]

That is great. I have one in the backyard about the same size that I am working on. Only problem with mine is that it has a flat slant roof that is totally shot. I have to replace the roof before I can proceed.

Thinking about making it into a tiki hut style retreat.

Would love to see pictures of yours.

[LakeTex]

FINALLY got started. Waited until I had no time, and very little money and now I have a 4 month old, but...I'm started just the same. The plans have changed a little...and will keep a running build thread on here.

[LakeTex]

Here's the barn as it sits today:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...Resolution.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...Resolution.jpg

LH side of the barn, new doors:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...Resolution.jpg

New shed I bought to get all the lawn stuff out. My first order of business is organizing it.:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...Resolution.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...Resolution.jpg


Bought a couple of shelving units for the lawn shed side today:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...04W&lpage=none

So...i'm going out to smoke a connie #9 and put them together.

Bryan

[LakeTex]

Btw, if you want to see how cool a shed can be, check out this inspirational site!

http://www.readersheds.co.uk/share.c...ype=Pub%20Shed