Ok, after last nights questions and questions i've gotten in the past, I took some pics around my house tonight to show different styles of joints, different sizes, styles, and types of wood, and how it can be an excellent blend of both form and function related to our shared gaming hobby.
Everything in my home, save a few things (couches, kitchen cabinets, a couple tables and a couple dressers) is all custom made to fit our home and our style. I'd say well over 90% of these projects can be done by any novice woodworker with just a couple tools. You'll notice in many of my projects, the joinery is simple and the wood is cheap (in fact, I often use nice-looking construction grade lumber).
This is pic heavy, so all will be spoiled. I'll just post pics of things around my house that i've built over the past couple years. I'll comment on a few, but please, by all means, ask any questions you may have. I very much enjoy talking woodworking, particularly when it relates to gaming.
1. Woodshop and main (empty) work station. Space is extremely important, so prepping your area by clearing out larger items (bikes, unused tools, vehicles, etc) is worth the time it takes to do that. This pic here shows a table I built as my main work station, simple lap joints, 2x6 lumber, and a piece of plywood. I do 99% of my projects on this table:
2. Our home is a split level, as such our downstairs is concrete block walls. To combat ugly concrete block, we put up half walls around the entire downstairs, they not only provide insulation, a place to conceal electric work (heaters, etc), cover up the ugly block, but also serve as a convenient shelf. Being custom walls, we are able to place barriers and areas for blocked off shelving. We also trimmed out all windows and doors to our needs.
3. Family Room, all long rails and some support shelves are simple construction lumber, sanded and stained to look like quality woodwork. Cove moulding is the most skilled piece in the room, the rest is just a lot pre-work and measurements of what the ultimate goal is.
4. Downstairs closet, this orginally was some open water pipes, we framed around them, put up an extended halfwall that covered a large water pipe into the floor as well as covering up the concrete block, then some construction lumber serves as board game shelving. Doors are custom Mission-style, incredibly easy, one flat oak plywood board, and some 1/2" stock oak panels, cut and glued to frame up, installing the track is a bit of a pain, but doable for anyone:
5. Laundry Room, same idea, just make all space functional, just by switching up the tile and building a doorway frame (w/o a door) makes it feel like a separate area. Then some construction lumber and a vapor barrier make for some functional laundry room storage. A piece of plywood and a couple stained 2x4's help cover up an electric box:
6. Making the most of a bathroom, i'll have to make a video at some point, but this is actually a downstairs bathroom, that I was able to convert into a functional gameroom / game closet (all issues of moisture taken into full consideration). Entire room is custom - vanity, shower, all shelving, etc:
7. Some random things i've built, take note of different woods, trimwork, joinery, and inlay - please ask any questions you may have:
