Homestead

This is a planning page for a potential upcoming move.

Things to do before moving

Logistics

Homeowner's insurance

• Ask parents to look into the effects of us on their insurance.

Kitchen

Cabinets

• Refinish (paint) cabinet doors, drawers.
  • Pull option 1 ($3.11 ea)
  • Pull option 2 ($2.04 ea)
• Replace cabinet hardware ($100)

Island

• Refinish paneling
• Stabilize if possible

Garbage disposal

• Can it be done?

Living Room

Computer desk

• Corner/L desk, preferably no hutch ($500)
• Slides for keyboard shelf

Ceiling fan

• Replace ($100)

Lighting

• Floor lamps

Kitchen cart

• Repurpose to bar cart
• Amber bottles for liquor (prices include lids and shipping):
  • Boston rounds ($34)
  • Growlers with handles ($61)

Wine rack

• Appears to barely fit in faux fireplace (may need slight leg shortening)

Floor

• Pull part of carpeting around dining area?

Bathroom

Check toilet

• Plumber

Remove tub

• Explore possibilities for replacing with a shower stall and shelves

Master bedroom

Run power into closet

• Can a new box be put behind the wall outlet in the bedroom?
• If not, run an extension cable under the doors

Install wall plates for wiring through wall

• Network wiring and possibly computer wiring ($50)

Bookcase

• Ikea Hemnes ($150)

Computer stuff

Wireless bridge

• Second WRT54GL for wireless bridge ($50)
• New router for our network; Asus RT-N66U ($130)

Future things

Pole barn

Evict woodchuck

• Ammonia (parents to do this year?)
• Air rifle
• Regular rifle

Tear out walls of horse stall

• If it's unlikely we'll keep medium-large animals that will need winter shelter

Tear out cabinets

• Rodent/spider havens

Work bench/storage

• Replace cabinets with something usable

Miter saw

• Saw ($500)
• Stand ($100)

Router table

• Router ($200)
• Table ($150)

Spare bedroom

Work bench

• Good height for standing microscopy (for Lacerta)
• Stools for sitting work
• Single shelf for instrumentation
• Grounding bar for electronics work?

Soldering fume extractor

• Computer fan(s), hose (vacuum?), weighted adjustable stand for end of hose, air vent smoke filter

Wall shelving

• Knape & Vogt standards and brackets

Train area?

• Need to find out minimum workable space

Other

2M antenna

• Can a cable be run from the roof to the bottom floor?

A/V Receiver

• Yamaha RX-V675 ($400)
  • HDMI inputs and pass-through
  • Android app for control and streaming
  • Dual zone control (possible future wireless speakers)