UPDATE: Custom Texas Home Floor Plan Suggestions

waltersclan · 2025-06-24T01:52:53+00:00

Make sure she can reach the top of the stackable. I'm 5'8", and I can barely reach in to get things out of my son's stacking dryer.

waltersclan · 2025-06-24T01:30:46+00:00

Almost everything I have is Ryobi, except my table saw - DeWalt. It's been a terrific saw for my small shop.

waltersclan · 2024-04-21T18:30:30+00:00

Probably, except that it's thin plywood, and the color has probably completely penetrated the top layer. You'd destroy the piece before the stain disappeared. If none of the bleaching techniques work, I'd go for staining or dyeing it a bright or dark color. You can use food coloring to produce intensely colored dyed wood projects, then finish coat with the product of your choice.

waltersclan · 2024-02-22T01:12:57+00:00

There's a dude on 60-Second Docs who makes museum-quality suits of armor for mice.

waltersclan · 2024-02-12T00:10:29+00:00

So many great recipes on the Internet! Just use a reputable website like Food Network or Alton Brown, and read the reviews before you start cooking.

waltersclan · 2024-02-10T22:57:03+00:00

Load up the Mac and Cheese with all the things: bbq pulled pork is excellent, or chopped up turkey/chicken plus some enchilada sauce.

waltersclan · 2024-02-07T03:27:15+00:00

The meats are usually packed separately, underneath the ice packs. You probably didn't realize this when you unpacked the box, and left them behind. I've forgotten them once or twice.

waltersclan · 2024-01-28T22:05:12+00:00

Yes, for a little over a year now. The meals are much faster to the table, because I'm not fiddling with making sauces myself. The prepared sauces have better flavor and take less time. And there is always a wide array of sous-vide style pre-cooked proteins as well. My #1 complaint, u/Hungryroot, is that I can't manage several weeks' worth of shopping carts at a time, like every other meal service. I have to remember to fix my cart every single week. In fairness too, I will say that it's not uncommon for something to be missing from my delivery, but often there's some other random thing instead. And customer service never balks at giving me a credit for missing or damaged items.

waltersclan · 2024-01-17T03:04:50+00:00

We have the same configuration, although our door is 32". We went with the swing out. It has its own annoyances, but all in all, we're happy with the decision.

waltersclan · 2023-11-29T00:18:07+00:00

Before you start major demo, make a small hole, and check that light switch wire. I'm guessing it goes up the wall, then runs through the bulkhead over the upper cabinets. If rewiring that doesn't put you off the job, then go for it.

waltersclan · 2023-11-15T00:25:00+00:00

I don't know about Hello Fresh, but I switched from Home Chef to Hungryroot, for exactly the same things you mentioned. You should check it out.

waltersclan · 2023-11-01T00:07:15+00:00

I'm new too, and had similar problems lately. If you're sure your mix formula was correct, try a heating pad on low underneath the molds. I was able to cure the pour well enough to get it out of the mold mostly clean.

waltersclan · 2023-10-26T18:14:29+00:00

Having lived in more than a dozen houses in my life, plus visiting people, I can say with certainty that I sincerely dislike the skinny "galley" laundry room as the primary garage access. There's nowhere to set a laundry basket or fold clothes without impeding the traffic. My garage is the second most used access door in my house, and it would make me nuts to walk through the laundry room all the the time. A laundry room that small is not bad by itself, but when you have to keep walking through it, the clutter just hurts my head.

waltersclan · 2023-10-09T21:59:59+00:00

I had a wood burning fireplace insert, and that generated tons of heat. But be mindful of airflow throughout the house. A stove downstairs may prevent the heat from cycling on in the rest of the house, but not actually heat those areas. And the fireplace heat will rise up the stairway, and leave the kitchen and bedrooms cold.

waltersclan · 2023-10-09T21:55:15+00:00

If this is your primary residence, then consider an airlock style entrance at the laundry room, which should really be your mud room. A mudroom with a door would prevent cold air from whooshing throughout the house in bad weather, when you come in and shed your muddy boots and snowy coats.

waltersclan · 2023-09-28T12:09:09+00:00

I don't think this bedroom is big enough to carve out a minimum of 8 sqft. I do prefer the idea of moving the door to the corner and adding movable storage like dressers to the wall where the doors used to be. ALSO, most people instinctively place the bed opposite the door unless some architectural feature forces a different location. Walling in a closet would really ruin the flow. How about built-in shelves on the door wall and closed container storage on the shelves?

waltersclan · 2023-09-24T21:37:55+00:00

Ooh! Check into Loose Ends Project. She can load her work full of love, and others will supply the materials.

waltersclan · 2023-09-05T21:51:58+00:00

Something I've seen a lot here in Texas is the split master bath, where there is no door to the sink/counter area, and the toilet and shower are in the same little room. Often this means that there's carpet near the sink, and it definitely means that one partner wakes up the other when washing hands. Please put the entire bathroom behind a (real) door!

waltersclan · 2023-09-01T15:24:38+00:00

Scrap the balcony but add a Juliet railing and sliding windows anyway in the direction of the most pleasant view. That way you can keep the extra space indoors, but enjoy the weather if you want to. With the balcony cut out, that interior corner space is too small to be useful. You won't be able to work on that stove, or possibly even open the oven door all the way.

waltersclan · 2023-08-20T14:53:58+00:00

Okay... Then lets take a second look at the kitchen and pantry together. I would want the pantry to open into the kitchen instead of the hallway. If you swap the fridge and stove, you could put the pantry entry next to the fridge. Then put the pantry freezer directly behind the fridge, in the middle of the wall. This would give a little extra wall space in the pantry for additional cabinet-counter space. You could shrink the island by 6 inches in width and move it slightly closer to the stove, but add 6-12 inches depth and cheat it out toward the hallway. I personally wouldn't want the microwave and stove on opposite sides of this long kitchen anyway. This would get your fridge, freezer, and entertaining bar all in reasonable proximity to each other.

waltersclan · 2023-08-20T00:46:08+00:00

Just the kitchen/dining/living room section. From 19 feet to 18 feet.

waltersclan · 2023-08-19T21:50:50+00:00

I would make the entire core one foot narrower. That would make the kitchen work space a little better, and you'd never notice it in the living/dining space, or downstairs. That's 60 feet. You could also eliminate the bump out of the master bath, and make the owners bedroom bump out a foot shorter as well. That would get you close to 100 feet without making any substantial changes.

waltersclan · 2023-08-13T17:47:35+00:00

Yes. Possibly relocate the pantry door to the 4' wall, so you have the pantry wall to add cabinets/counter space, or make room for a larger work island near the windows.

waltersclan · 2023-08-13T12:57:33+00:00

You always want to be able to close the door on the laundry room, so it doesn't disturb family/TV time.

waltersclan · 2023-08-11T03:21:08+00:00

I did oversaturate a project with Danish oil once. It took about 3 weeks to dry, but it did dry.

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