Sedan_Clan wrote

You’re making connections all over the place. Haha! Now you know a cabinet maker…..

Sedan_Clan wrote

The appliance install has begun….


Edit: It’s done, but not without issue. Always an issue.

Sedan_Clan wrote

The appliance install has begun….


Edit: It’s done, but not without issue. Always an issue.

Watching The World Burn wrote

What's happening underneath the Blackstone - looks like maybe it doesn't overhang as much as they thought?

You're getting closer and closer! Even though some days feels like one step forward and then two steps back, you'll get there.

I did have another question which I'm curious whether its the camera or instead a feature of the rock itself - the wall behind the countertop (and even the facings on the grill area as well as they are of the same material) - they appear to have random lines (mostly vertical / diagonal) that run through the wall (not referring to the horizontal texture lines that are on the wall). Is that the camera or is that just how the material comes?

Sedan_Clan wrote

The appliance install has begun….

jaffles wrote

Now your going to have to explain to me what are 2 BBQs are for, and what do all those silver doors do. I'm starting to think you are a 2 oven, 2 bbq kind of guy. So there must be 2 fridges somewhere?

Sedan_Clan wrote

Have you never seen typical American outdoor kitchen setups???

vreihen16 wrote

It must be nice to live in a part of the country where one can leave the safety of their home for more than 15 seconds without being eaten alive by bugs.....

Sedan_Clan wrote

Have you never seen typical American outdoor kitchen setups???

Sedan_Clan wrote

We have just traded bugs for home invasion robberies. Consider yourself lucky!

Watching The World Burn wrote

Canada ain't so bad is what I'm thinking. I don't have too many bugs near me (I mean some, but I also have a screened in area) and not too many home invasions. Rocking the middle ground / sweet spot I am.

Sedan_Clan wrote

I don’t smoke meat, so a Big Green Egg or a Kamado Joe weren’t of interest to me, nor was a pizza oven since I don’t make homemade pizzas.

Watching The World Burn wrote

Off topic, but why don't you smoke meat? Is it a health thing? I presume you have tried smoked ribs, smoked wings, etc so the decision not to smoke meat is an informed one, but curious why.

I probably use the smoker more than the BBQ in the summer. But I BBQ in the winter exclusively, never smoke.

Though as of a few weeks ago I told my wife I was done BBQ'ing this winter until the snow melts, I have no patience for cutting another path to the BBQ (which I did do this winter, but it just gets snowed in), so until the snow goes, the BBQ is done.

We've apparently had about 16 feet of snow this winter according to the tracker. Fortunately the snow blower keeps chugging along despite my piss poor (non existent) maintenance of it. I haven't even changed the oil in 10 years. Its bad, I know. Every summer I look at it and think - yeah, I'm going to change the oil, maybe replace the spark plugs just because, but I never ever do. And then winter hits and I play the game of "will it make it through this season" again.

Sedan_Clan wrote

I’m a huge Restoration Hardware fan and have a number of their furniture pieces. For the side patio - where we have a separate fire table - we plan to put two chairs. Which of these two designs do you like more?

Watching The World Burn wrote

I like the chunkier look of #1 better (arms and back - just looks more solid / expensive), but both are good (and fairly similar).

Mech Spec wrote

Definitely number 1 would be my choice.

RH is tough for me, yes it is quality but they definitely bend you over on the value proposition for some things.

Sedan_Clan wrote

Appreciate the feedback fellas. I prefer the design of #1 as well.

RH was tough for me too. I’ve utilized the other avenues like Crate & Barrel, PotteryBarn, Bassett, ROVE, Saatva, etc…..basically all of the typical go-to’s for good quality furniture….but come back to RH for the style and the warranty. Some stuff is truly too expensive for what you get.

jaffles wrote

Do those arm rest look a little thin for a relaxing type chair?

Watching The World Burn wrote

It may surprise you but I've actually found it to be similar price to slightly cheaper (and far better quality) by hiring a custom woodworking shop to do the work than going to the big box stores you mentioned. Have you investigated that?

We've gotten our dining room table and chairs, coffee table, all bedroom furniture including the bed, multiple desks, floating shelves, built in bookcases - all of them were done custom. And often, we've either just described what we wanted or better yet, we send them a picture of something we found that we like and they just copy it.

Its fantastic. I don't know the last time we bought a piece of furniture from a store honestly.

Sedan_Clan wrote

Sometimes the design(s) can be deceiving. I’ve sat on/in things that looked comfortable, but ended up being very uncomfortable…and vice versa. I will try to go to the RH in Summerlin, NV and sit in both chairs (…assuming they have both chairs on display).




I’ve never gone the custom route, but my lady has in the past. She needed a ridiculously large dinner table for her prior home, so she commissioned an Amish furniture company in Wisconsin - her home state - to make the table out of dark maple wood. It looked fantastic! ….but it was 140” long.

Here are a few pictures of that table - which looks oddly small in the photos, but it was big - and the prior house…