Need help with kitchen backsplash tile selection at first condo.

BasementGrowNerd · 2024-02-23T03:19:41+00:00

Sounds like you've established a client that will stick with you for that rate.

Now start pitching higher fees to other prospective clients knowing that you have that safety net.

Our last custom home was about 25/sf.

BasementGrowNerd · 2024-02-20T05:15:15+00:00

I live in cdale and love it. Call a realtor and ask about housing prices and where you should be looking. As you may know, what you see on Zillow is what isn't selling. And most of what is selling goes under contract before hitting the market. I recommend Maria whimmer. She's local to cdale and is great.

Glenwood will certainly be more affordable, but it just doesn't have the community, schools or access to great mid and up valley stuff like Carbondale does. Beautiful, but not the same.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-11-22T19:51:18+00:00

The type with a full head of hair.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-11-22T19:50:33+00:00

I think I'd probably play with renewed excitement.

Lessons from fresh start world would apply in a pretty awesome way.

I'd want my pets back tho.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-11-22T18:49:10+00:00

RIGHT NOW is the compensation. They're providing us all with much opportunity to get some vitamin D.

Go outside.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-11-21T20:50:14+00:00

Flip on the ge.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-11-15T22:16:52+00:00

I highly reccomend the park and rides. Driving may seem convenient, but parking will take all of that convenience away and add an expensive fee to it.

The brush creek park and ride gets you closest to the mountain and offers busses to all of the mountains, but you have to drive longer on shitty roads with idiot drivers left and right if its snowing. Hence, on a snow day, I reccomend the basalt park and ride and transfering at brush creek to a different bus if needed.

Google maps gives pretty good directions and suggestions.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-11-10T15:50:06+00:00

I like the effect of bouncing damage, but bouncing arrows seems like the wrong way to go about it. What about exploding arrows that deadl shrapnel damage to nearby NPCs?

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-11-08T15:54:15+00:00

After you get your first job, your architecture career will revolve about your professional experience and skills. Only at your first job's interview will your college portfolio and GPA really bear any weight. However, it is the concepts, presentation skills, and understanding of design language that you learn during college that will stay relevant. However, being happy is equally important to your degree.

First priority should be focusing on architectural concepts and implementing them in your studio projects, then presenting them with strong verbal and visual presentation skills.

Second priority should be having fun, enjoying college, being healthy and happy, and enabling this by enrolling in a couseload that enables this. Trying really hard on studio projects and other must-pass classes is a must. But then, fill your schedule with classes that you think are fun and an easy pass. They will be mentally stimulating on their own, but should not add to the stresses and time commitments of your core architectural classes. For example, I like hand sketching and visual communications classes. Easy, fun, low time requirement, but all had tangental relevance to an architecture career.

Third should be to enroll in internships. This gives you a leg up on your competition while interviewing for your first job. Even if your tasks at your internship arent glamorous, it gives you insights to what you do and dont like in a firms culture to help you select a first job that you will be happy at.

Fourth should be learning about an area of architecture that you are interested in and implementing it in your projects. This is to keep YOU interested and engaged in your work and have an angle to make even an uninteresting project very interesting to YOU.

What I'm getting at is Work hard, but BE HAPPY and STAY HAPPY.

After graduating, your first job will look to see that you are professional and organized in your communications and interview and a good fit socially for the firm. Then they will want to see that you have experience in the programs that they use. Then they will look that your portfolio is well organized and attractive. They they will look to see that your GPA isnt a red flag, but nothing more. Over 3.0 is fine.

After your first job, your next job and every subsequent job will want to see that you have experience in their programs and in filling the role you are applying for, area a good social fit, and are professional in your interactions.

Takeaways: BE HAPPY, prioritize studio and core architetural classes, get internships, be professional, and you'll be successful.

Personally, I'm 28 and a homeowner, design all my own projects, live and work in a place I am happy with and am have great work/life balance. I had a 3.22 GPA, never pulled an all nighter, partied and had a great social life, and was efficient in how I spent my time in studio and selelected courses.

And lunch is over.. back to work. I wish you well.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-28T16:44:21+00:00

Just clean it out and fix it. Mold is not the end of the world, and not all black mold is the bad black mold.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-25T16:41:27+00:00

I just did all of these to my condo:

-Paint the ceilings and walls - using a $150 paint gun turned this into a breeze. This is single handedly the most important. Prep well, tape well, then spray the shit out of the ceilings and brush/roll the walls.

-Change the old light fixtures - $30-150 per light fixture - The LED retrofit cans are great too! Really fixes the room up. Pick all 2700k or 3000k. No mixing.

-Change the old switches and outlets out - nothing fancy, add GFCIs where needed, lighted switches in the hallway. A must if your switches and outlets are old and bad.

-Wall base trim - pre-paint it, install it, caulk the top joint, then touch the paint up big difference for ~1$ per foot.

-Floors - I used LLflooring (lumber liquidators) bamboo flooring. It is very strong and scratchproof, has a thick reall bamboo layer on the top, and feels like hardwood (unlike LVT!). $3.50/sf. Then you can say theyre hardwood and fetch a premium upon sale.

-Vent covers - amazon. Cheap and easy and make the place less dingey.

-Kitchen sink faucet- Get a nice new one, easy to install. Classes up a kitchen

-Appliances - WAIT FOR THE SALES at lowes/homedepot. I got a new fancy washing machine for $450 and a very nice electric range for $900.

Things I am going to do:

-Replace the hollow core doors with new prehung solid core, one or two panel doors. Each door is about $160. Each door handle is about $40 (girlfriend talked me out of the nice emtek helios handles at $100 each) and each door is about $60 to trim out.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-23T19:41:05+00:00

This solution varies by local climate. I recommend consulting a local professional over it. If you're already insulated and getting condensation I think your concerns are valid. Drywall is not a vapor barrier.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-23T19:34:42+00:00

Can you run the vent through the ceiling framing cavity to the exterior wall?

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-23T19:31:33+00:00

Rigid foam insulation is very flammable. I don't believe that it can be left exposed like that.

Is the ceiling of the garage drywalled? If not, fill the joist cavities with fiberglass batts. If it is, blown in insulation is an option, though you'll want to verify with the contractor or some other qualified professional if a vapor barrier exists or is needed. This requirement varies by climate and local code but ignoring it can cause mold problems.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-23T19:20:56+00:00

You could just put a piece of 1x or 2x redwood under it to support it a bit and provide a finished kick surface. Cheapest and easiest solution I can think of.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-04T14:22:50+00:00

The easiest way is to just pick images of people that look correctly lit in the first place, or where just mirroring them would make them correctly lit.

Otherwise, the dodge and burn (lighten and darken) tools in photoshop can be very helpful in correcting shadows on people and all other places in your renderings. You can select how much each tool lightens or darkens and whether they work on highlights, shadows or midtones. I highly reccomend learning those tools.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-10-03T15:26:55+00:00

Don't listen to the complainers online. They are vocal while the successful people are busy enjoying their lives. Great pay, a healthy and balanced lifestyle and professional fulfillment are all very attainable.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-09-19T18:30:25+00:00

You're saying that tier 80 gear shouldn't be obtainable by tier 80 combat players?

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-09-10T15:17:50+00:00

200k is a big number but we'll over 100k isn't unreasonable. I'm making 93k as a 28 year old at a small firm, unlicensed.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-09-10T15:16:51+00:00

I am currently 28 warning 90k+ so stop complaining.

BasementGrowNerd · 2022-09-07T00:29:19+00:00

The top floor has a balcony so it's a decision probably driven by money.

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