Labor Day weekend plans

Gah...What to do this weekend?

I was thinking of actually getting the floor and crown moulding installed. How bad could it be? I just need like at most 50 bucks worth of that crap. Also, I've been thinking about that doorway and have been researching about the style of my door. It's time for a lesson, folks, on doors.

The doorway to the 'Anne Frank' room is 34" wide. Seems typical, at the hardware store you'll see that doors come in sizes of 30", 32", 34", and 36" along with various shapes and sizes- whatever. Well I've been thinking on the door that I want to put in the doorway and I've decided on a bifold french door 10 pane (like this). After visiting a few stores guess what I found - they only make sizes of 28", 30", 32" and 36." WTF happened to 34?! This is the missing link to life itself. Why the hell have sizes other than 34"? I will have to take a picture of the door charts they have at Lowes and Home Depot to prove to you all that I am not crazy.

So my plan is to purchase a 36" and shave it down to a 34 (for you mathematicians and nerds the doors will be reduced from 18" to 17"). I will cut 1/2" from each side of each door and just sand it nice and smooth. The price tag.... more than $250.

Now here's my dilemma. Make it or buy it and destroy it. I got some slap from peeps at work thinking I can't do it, but if you look at the door and piece it out; it's very simple. Let's look at one door for example.

• Three pieces of 2x4
• One piece of 2X8
• Glass
• Mullion (crown/decorative shit)
• Pocket screws
• Glue
• Sweat
• Cursing door companies that do not make 34" bifold doors or 17" for that matter.

So I may make it. I'm on the fence right now because of funds. There is a 100% chance that I will do the crown and the light switch for the room. This is the perfect intro on how pathetic of a designer the last homeowner was. Let me demonstrate with some pictures (you have to love the drawings).



Again... what poor planning! Why the hell would you want the light switch for a room to be controlled from another room?! So here's what I plan to do:

Step 1: Drill a hole to the Anne Frank room (covering the floor up of course).
Step 2: Cut a small, small square box to mount the light switch.
Step 3: Using a 3 way switch, install a light switch.

Why, you may ask, am I putting two light switches? Well because what if I don't want to go down one step to turn off the light to my studio/office (remember the step)?! Hell, I might as well just turn it off from Kyle's room. By watching this video on YouTube, I can definitely accomplish this (if I don't electrocute myself first).

It's going to be a long weekend folks, and I might just do the door project. Hopefully I can get everything done on the todo list for this damn room and finally mark this crap project off my list.