Finally, My Dream Shop #17: WE PASSED FINAL INSPECTION !!

Yay! A collective cheer goes up from LumberJocks all around the world!

-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --

well thank goodness!!!! Phew.. I can finally breathe again and sleep nights
That was agonizing, these past few weeks.. yikes.

Congratulations. We need to have an LJ party!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Break out the Kool-ade and pretzels!!! Yea Rah!!!!

-- Thos. Angle

Wow !!!!! You ought to see…....the whole neighborhood has put up red and green flashing lights to help me celebrate!

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Congratulations. I’ve been following your progress with a mix of envy and sympathy. I can only wish for a shop like yours, so I am quite jealous. However, I can only imagine the frusrtration you’ve described. Nothing left but to have at it.

-- Working at Woodworking www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

haha re: neighbourhood .. I bet they’ve even brought some wood into their homes and put lights on it as well!!

(reminds me of my wedding anniversary (May 20th)... on the Monday, here in Canada, everyone would set off fireworks to celebrate with us!)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Congratulations! That is terrific!!! Now, please let us see the shop as you put things in their place. BUT, take your time – I still must install the permanent DC system, as I had to play with the layout for many months.

Well done!!!

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

Fantastic!!!

-- Bruce from Central New York

HURRAY!!!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Calgirl, the lighting comment is toooo funny. Congrats on your shop!!

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

WOOT! Congratulations! Now you can start having officially sanctioned fun, instead of that bootleg fun you’ve been having!

-- The days are long and the years are short...

Just in time for the Holiday Season. I could almost hear a sigh of relief when I saw your Dream Shop posting #17.

Congratulations on completing your shop to the point of occupancy. It’s yours to do what you want with it. Enjoy and make many beautiful things. I look forward to seeing your projects.

Dalec

Congratulations. Now get to work. Not much time for the contest entry.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

congrats !! now for that fine layer of sawdust that peter loves on his coffee !! have fun

Hip, hip, hurray!

Thanks for including us in your celebration!

-- Paul, Texas

That’s great! I think that everyone can breath now. It’s been pretty hard walking with the toes crossed. Not to mention getting my shoes on.
(LOL)
Now have some fun!
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

What a dilemma.

Calgirl got her shop for Christmas. That’s off the list.

Now she has to figure out what she needs to fill the shop. I’m sure the drill press is on the way out of the house.
‘Tis the season to be jolly. (Dang it those are planer shipes.)
Deck the walls with boughs of holly. (Let’s connect those dust collector pipes.)
Don we now our gay apparel. (And don’t forget those safety glasses)
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol (We don’t have a Carol, we have a Betsy and a Debbie and a Karson and … well Merry Christmas to all and I’m going to retire to my shop)

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Congratulations. Work Safe. Have Fun. Make lot’s of saw dust and send pictures. Happy Holidays.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

Excellent news. Glad you’ve finally escaped the bureaucratic maze.

-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com

Yippee! Let me know when you’re ready for a 2008 Ms. Debbie P Shop Inspection and Tour. Then you’ll get inspected by a seasoned, honest professional (at no additional cost to you!). Driveway privy not required.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Congrats on final inspection. Its going to be great to have all that space.

FINALLY! Now I want to see some projects posted ASAP…. and some pics of the finished shop.

-- DocK, WV

Whoa DocK !! I’ve got a ceiling and walls to insulate, and cover. I’ve got the DC system to hook up and all the shop furniture to build. Not to mention the compressed air system, and a closet for the cyclone. I have to pick out colors and curtains. There’s a storage system for the wood, and….....I’ve got to do the maintenance on all my equipment…......... and I have to sleep !

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

C’mon Calgirl – we thought you’d be so psyched, you wouldn’t sleep again until everything was in it’s place!

-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --

Peter, I should be, but the inspections took soooooo long to complete that I had moments when all the construction people had left to mess around inside the shop. I just could not do anything to the walls or ceiling, but I built a work table, and generally got used to having my dream shop. It’s all the inspectors fault for dulling my glee ! As it begins to take shape, I am sure I will become hyped again. Right now, it’s too cold to go shopping for the insulation….....we’re not used to freezing weather in Florida…...so I’m working on the attic storage and the dust system. I have a BIG decision to make also…....I’ll post about it this evening.

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Glad for ya! :-)

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Good for you – what a CHRISTmas present. Now it’s time to start some projects and get them posted. I suspect that the majority of the first projects will be shop projects :-))

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

haha love how you slipped in the “colour and curtains” on the list.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

No Debbie it was Color not Colour. You did get the curtins right though. And I noticed it. I was wondering how I could get her to come to my shop and put up curtins.. It might hide the cobwebs in the windows.

I did get 200 gallons of propane delivered today, so I guess I’m ready for winter.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

oh don’t talk to me about propane!!
Our fireplace came last Tuesday (as did the propane tank) ... they were to fill it by the end of the week (it was brought with 10% in it)... Friday.. nothing; Saturday – nothing.
Monday: ran out of propane.. called “he’ll be there today”.. Tuesday, no propane… “he’ll be there today”... no propane. Today I find out what the problem is because there is another company just 10 minutes away in another village that I can use. ... Good thing I’m hot under the collar because it is cold in here!

(oh and re: colour, U are correct…)hehe

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’m glad that’s over for you .
I agonized with your every post.

Best of luck with your new digs.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Now that the bureaucrats are done with their inspections better call Doug and have Ms Debbie drop by with the clipboard so you can get your LJ certification.

-- DocK, WV

We’d be sure and bring the Sherwin-Williams swatch book and some bolts of material from Hanover Fabrics. What table pads will you order for the table saw? Big Grin. Take your time and savor every moment, Calgirl. I’m just glad the travail is over.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.