"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> > > More recently, the teens asked if they could use it as a hangout.
>> > > Husband agreed to let them do this. I did buy some cheap curtains
>> > > and a few things that they chose from Big Lots. But mostly they
>> > > are making use of things that we already have. So it isn't
>> > > costing me much to let them use it. I even offered to get them a
>> > > fridge but they didn't want one.
>> > >
>> > > It is next to the fire pit, so if it starts raining when they are
>> > > out there, they can duck inside the building.
>> >
>> > I like that idea. A simple hangout spot that costs nothing and yet
>> > away from the parents. Boom box, maybe practice rapping with no
>> > parents to get in the way (or whatever else they wanna do).
>> >
>> > On the floor, I assume it's on a cement pad? (structures of that
>> > size normally are). 20x20 or so for 400feet. On flooring, for a
>> > simple hangout if the floor stays dry, you can let them have fun
>> > painting with artwork in multiple colors (later if repurposed,
>> > paint dark brown overall and can antique a light color over). Area
>> > rugs. If it gets damp, use indoor outdoor carpet and they have
>> > some very nice ones now. Quite inexpensive and you can roll it out
>> > yourself so don't need to pay anyone.
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>> They do have area rugs. I offered to buy something bigger but they
>> preferred to make do with what we had. I did buy some new area rugs
>> for her room so they took the old ones and put them back there.
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> Works for me! This need not be fancy.
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>> > Can I dream a little as if I had that spot? First Don would make it
>> > into a work room but let me dream something else!
>> >
>> > I'd insulate then put up paneling (cheap and easy) and then paint
>> > the floor brown and let my kid decorate it with pokemon around the
>> > edges and put in some indoor/outdoor carpet. Ceiling fan with
>> > lights and a portble AC unit for summer and some portable heater
>> > for winter. Cast off sofa from freecycle (maybe 2 in that space),
>> > coffee table (refinished from a freecycle offer), a mini-fridge, a
>> > 32 inch TV and DVD player, something that played music, and curtin
>> > off a section for a portable toilet and think about a mini-kitchen
>> > (no sink, just take that inside at need to wash).
>>
>> Beadboard had been suggested for the walls. I did get her a radio for
>> her birthday that I had hoped would match the color scheme but it
>> doesn't quite. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on that as they
>> seem not to use such things much. Mostly they get songs on their
>> phones. I don't know about TV back there either as we can't get it
>> without cable and there's no cable back there. We did agree that it
>> wouldn't be a good idea to put upholstered furntire in there given
>> the many spiders that get in there. Handyman said once it is fully
>> finished inside with insulation and walls (if it ever is), that
>> problem will greatly lessen. So they are using a chair that I got at
>> a restaurant supply place many years ago. It's a gold glitter vinyl,
>> 50's restaurant style, some old computer chairs and lawn furniture.
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> I'd add a regular TV and a DVD player (can be gotten for 50$ or less)
> but not string cable TV out there. Costs too much most of the time to
> add another outlet.

I'm not sure what you'd do with a DVD player. I don't even think we have one
that works. We don't use DVDs. I was given a couple as gifts but I gave them
away. I have no interest.
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> Handyman is right that once it's sealed, spider issues vanish or reduce
> a lot.
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>> > Smile, could be a mini-home for my daughter if she married and they
>> > needed a place to stay until stable. Not perfect, but could be
>> > worked with.
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>> Yeah. It does have possibilities and due to the shape, it would be
>> very easy to curtain off or put up screens or something to have one
>> section for storage. There is also a loft above for storage but we
>> don't use that any more. Too dangerous to access it I think.
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> Curtin or section off very easy with a 400sqft spot. I once lived in an
> 8x50ft trailer. It had a livingroom, kitchen, bathroom, and a master
> bedroom and a tiny bedroom. 400sqft.
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> I also lived in an attic loft once (college years) that was usable
> space of 400sqft but I used the edges with tension rods to hang fabric
> storage areas behind it. I built out a closet with cloth and tension
> rods to the beams then used fishing line to drop a rod and hang clothes
> there.
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