D and Adam’s House – The Acropolis

Given all the work we have to do on the house I needed a work bench, both for random work and to attach bench tools to.  I started with a design from Black & Decker’s Home Woodworking book and then made it bigger and modified it for my needs with a recessed nook for the mitre saw, a pegboard back, and (since I’ve been immersed in electrical work recently) a number of electrical outlets and lights with a 10ft plug so that it didn’t need to be hard wired.  Now that I have everything attach it already feels too small, but its not like I have somewhere to put a workbench that’s more than 8ft long.

A couple weeks ago I finally finished installing new wiring and outlets in Ds office.  This turned out a huge amount of unplanned work, as I had to cut the trim off the walls and bend a lot of EMT with a device whose instructions expected someone with more mass.  I also installed new wiring for the kitchen, living room, basement, and laundry room, though those aren’t done yet.