The Cedar Lounge

Scooter tells us about building that all-important box with an air conditioner.

When we first started talking to potential contractors for, we let them know that we weren't just looking for someone to execute our plans, but for someone who could get an idea of what we were trying to acccomplish and, using his experience and imagination, come up with alternative ways to meet those ends. After talking with Dustin Bewley (GDS Metal Buildings) twice and showing him our general plans, he studied the barn for a couple of minutes, then leveled a look at  us and said for the first time, "Now, what I'd do if this were my place . . . ." We had our man.



From ideas hashed out with Amy and Dustin, I drew up plans, including electric, sewage and water lines. It would be the size of two horse stalls: 12 feet wide by 24 feet long, and be located in the southeast corner. This room would be the physical center of operations, providing rest and rehab for tired workers.




 







It's, like, July. The first thing Dustin did after putting up the walls and roof was cut a hole for the the air conditioner. Good call.

The cabinet kits came from the Habitat for Humanity outlet next to Bryan Place in downtown Dallas.

One of Dustin's great ideas was to line the room with cedar, which went real well with the barn-steel ceiling. Amy chose flat black fixtures to complete the manly look of the now-dubbed Cedar Lounge.

 

Amy insisted that Dustin install the toilet as soon as humanly possible. Here is the stall with plumblimg stubbed out and ready to go.

These last two picures show the Lounge in late 2003. Now livable, although tape and bedding and painting still not done in bath and sealer not yet on cedar, but dig the furniture. Dee-lux, doncha think?

Visit Update to see a more recent view of the tricked-out (stain, paint, shelves, hooks and appliances) Lounge in late 2004.

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