Room/Floor prep.
Build date minus 19 days.
Without going too far off topic, I want to share the following.
My mom passed away last year and when prepping her house for sale I had to have several things completed prior to listing the property. They had a fairly expensive kitchen added to the house roughly 15 years ago, but my dad never finished some of the final trim work. He passed away over a decade ago.
So my Mom had this new kitchen albeit with unfinished room trim, for 10 + years.
Why did I wait until she passed, and I was prepping it for the next owner, to finish off stuff she could have enjoyed?
I am guilty of the same in my own home and swore I would address this in my house.
So......
I don't want to take too many steps back on this build but have a small window here to finish up/clean up the 95% build I did when I finished by basement over a decade ago so I can fully enjoy and appreciate it NOW.
Before adding these massive rigs to the game room...
1. Fix the flooring around where I was going to add a L-shaped wet bar and complete a simple dry bar. I have decided to get rid of the L-shape and just go with 5-foot wide dry-bar with over counter cabnets. The flooring must be complete prior to my build so that is the priority. If the cabinets take longer to come in, they can be installed afterwards.
2. Finish off the hall trim. Two whole pieces... geesh.. why is this not already done???
3. Finish off the stair rail. Not even adding railing. Just throw a finished board on there. Can't believe I have waited this long to do this....
4. Final room prep for sim area. Think I will pull the dart board, patch the multiple holes, and give it a fresh coat of paint. Find an outlet cover for the box behind the TV.
5. Complete running network and additional power lines the sim wall and install wall plates. I was able to get a hole in top plate through the speaker hole opening last night. It wasn't pretty, and I may have dropped a few F-bombs in the process, but the mission was accomplished. I ordered the network lines and wall plate last night and they should be here by Thursday.