JoshPrime Makes Stuff

Hey reader, I know its been a minute while since we have had a non-house related post. Fear not, there will be more house drama next week, but this post is about something totally different. On Christmas morning I opened a present that contained a 3d Pen! Cue Link opening a treasure chest music . Special thanks to the stuffed animal that was credited with getting me this amazing toy . Link would never be able to work this thing. Especially not Nintendo 64 Link, as he only had two fingers: his thumb and a mass that would typically be the other four. There are a lot of really cool people out there on YouTube making neat stuff with 3D pens. My current favorite artist online is Jazza from Draw With Jazza . He made a sweet dragon his first time . I discovered him because of his trending video using mermaid sequins to make art. Slight tangent: Jazza is amazing and has some great content out there on YouTube. I especially enjoy his style swap challenges , where he draws cartoon charac...

Hey Reader, This week we aren't making something from scratch. Stop throwing things! It is going to be fine. I have something super exciting to talk about: making and installing a racecar bed in the media room. As you are aware, my media room is designed to be a drive in movie theater that has been a lot more challenging than it might have first appeared. This is largely because I insisted on smooth walls and obsessed for months on end. Fortunately, smooth wall purgatory is over and we can no focus on fun things, like getting the room filled with toys. My idea has always been that the movie room would be decked out like a drive in movie theater, complete with a racecar bed. Not only is it a clever idea (if I do say so myself), but it is also a way to finally own a racecar bed of my very own without having to spawn. I want it to be known that this idea is based off of Disney's Scifi Dine In Theater , but there are countless folks who are making similar experiences in their...

Hey Reader, Now that the media room is all painted, it is time to start decorating! After months of painting and skim coating, I am finally at a place where I can start to put stuff in the room! The first thing I want to put in there is a fence. That probably sounds strange, but I want this space to feel as much like I am hanging out outside as I can - minus the sunscreen, bugs, and other people. The first step in the outdoor illusion is putting up some fencing around the outside edge of the room. I had hoped that I could make huge amounts of progress on this and really have something to show you this week. However, I went to the store to buy my fencing and quickly discovered that my tiny car is not spacious enough to fit the fence segments and me at the same time. All I was able to get home right now was the four posts that will support the fence. Stupid fences and my non-tardis car. It would have been great to have all the pieces I needed at once, but it actually works out o...

Hey Reader, It is time to talk color! Now that my media room is smooth and flat, I get to make it more than just a beige box. Every room in this house is nothing more than a big beige box. The builders even went so far as to paint the baseboards, the ceiling, the walls, and all the doors the exact same shade of beige. Who wants that much beige in their life? Certainly not me! I wanted something really bright in the blue family. This room will likely be dark a lot since it will be for watching movies and playing games. Therefore, I feel like the walls need to be bright to compensate for the lack of light. Further, blue will give it more of a feeling that you are outside once the fences and car are in place (more on that later). Before I can get blue on the walls, I need to get the box to be a little less beige. That starts with baseboards. I was really worried about painting my baseboards. It isn't that baseboards are particularly hard to paint, it is just that with carpeting I...

Hey Reader, I know we have been talking walls punctuated by mediocre crafts for a few months now. I have to admit, skim coating has proved to be a very worthy adversary in my quest for smooth walls. I have been sanding and reapplying Spackle for what seems like years. Everything in the house is covered in an inch of white dust, it looks like the home of a stock trader before the internet bubble burst (thats a cocaine joke... did it make sense... whatever moving on). Last we checked in on the walls project, it was a huge struggle and I had made a major error in priming the walls too early. I hate to admit this to you, reader, but I was pretty defeated by the walls. I actually got a contractor to come in and look at the walls and give me an estimate for their services. I had found a website called home advisor that had connected me to some people. Can we talk about that for just a second? I signed up (unintentionally since I thought I was going to get some estimates) and immediately ...