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bigblades · 2023-05-19T16:52:15+00:00

lets not put limits on what we are willing to do for our coffee now I don't want this to get ugly.

bigblades · 2023-05-11T13:23:54+00:00

The lords chicken bringeth thy flock.

Isaiah 71 verse 4 (probably).

bigblades · 2023-04-24T13:52:44+00:00

I'll be impressed by the food born pathogen that can survive the amount of vodka in a Russian body at any given time.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T16:25:13+00:00

the imgur post has an explanation and a screen shot of the components purchased for the LED's. The rest is just wood.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T13:57:13+00:00

They are visible from the bed if laying down and looking straight up. If sitting in bed they are not. The ability for them to dim is useful here as I can turn it up to read in bed, or super low to the point there is hardly any light coming from them at all so that it is basically a night light. My only complaint is that the controller doesn't have like a 0-100% sliding control for the dimmer so its hard to control its "dimmest" setting as the slider is only maybe 1" long and is a touch bar.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T13:28:29+00:00

Half as much time probably? I'd guess around 35 hours total with painting the wall, going to buy wood, creating a design, and all that?

bigblades · 2023-03-26T13:14:07+00:00

Tricky to say as I was also putting in the shelves, repainting the walls and ceiling, and in general redoing the whole room. I also left for work trips a few times. I would say the wall part itself took me maybe 60 hours? A lot of that was planning as I hadn't seen it done before and wasn't sure which wood or LED's to use to make it turn out properly. Hell I sunk probably 8 into making the design, remaking it a few times, and then drafting it and calculating how much wood I'd need.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T13:01:04+00:00

Room was boring, just wanted some decoration and to add some light in that area. Those two windows get a lot of shade due to trees outside compared to the ones in the front so that part of the room was always darker than the rest.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T12:58:07+00:00

You've been watching too much Fox News if you're finding swastika's hidden in that like some sort of Rorschach test.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T12:52:30+00:00

Therapy for what?

bigblades · 2023-03-26T12:47:12+00:00

Pff I was literally at the Tampa pride parade when you made this comment. Middle name isn't gaudy its Fabulous.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T12:42:56+00:00

Am single. Ouch man.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T12:42:37+00:00

its mostly brad nailed on. Anyone who wants to remove it would have to just pry it all off and apply orange peel texture to the wall to re-texture it anyhow.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T12:40:57+00:00

I do like them. I bought them from graywind on amazon. I had got a quote from a local company to do them and the price was outrageous. I combined the blinds from Graywind with some side shields to fully block out the light and I made a custom magnetic valence over top that can be pulled off to access the control and antenna and charging port. They use solar panels facing the outside and my room gets a lot of sun so I have only had to charge the one window in the shade one time. I will warn that getting them to work with Alexa and stuff is kind of a pain and I gave up on it and just use a remote.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T12:39:12+00:00

Hardly have ever used full brightness on it. I should borrow a KW meter and see what the actual draw is for the combined set of 3 power supplies some time though. I work in the right industry to be able to get the equipment I need to calculate that and find out what it will cost me.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T01:30:43+00:00

got on wayfair. painted it to match wall and added some support brackets cause it was made out of cheap MDF.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T01:25:01+00:00

I spent maybe 1500 on parts and paint? The LED's I spent a lot on, but I probably spent more than necessary. I was very focused on durability and stuff so I bought the best option out there. I'm pretty sure the wood and LED's for a similar sized project could be purchased for ~750 total if you don't do what I did and buy way more than you actually need.

bigblades · 2023-03-26T01:23:52+00:00

the moment I bought it I put in a better slat support in the middle. most commercially bought furniture doesn't seem durable enough for my tastes so I've gotten into the habit of reinforcing stuff. The shelf shown in a few pictures from wayfair only had 4 bolts attaching to MDF so I bought triangle bracket supports to better support it. I wish our furniture wasn't made like junk.

bigblades · 2023-03-25T22:57:25+00:00

Not every section. Was originally planning to wire it up that way but ended up not going to the trouble.

bigblades · 2023-03-25T22:28:20+00:00

My house has some extra rooms. Most of the books went to the library room cause I was upgrading my bedroom. I haven't done any cool diy stuff for all the books though so no pictures of that collection.

bigblades · 2023-03-25T21:13:23+00:00

Looked at accent walls on Pinterest some but nothing exactly like it. I found similar stuff but with no LED lighting and thought "I bet I could nerd that out with some lighting" and went from there.

bigblades · 2023-03-25T21:01:56+00:00

The LEDs were like 180 W max for 60 feet which seemed high to me. I'd rather have more power and let it run cooler than be pushing it. I planned to leave this on like 12 hours a day so everything I did was based on maximizing longevity and reliability.

bigblades · 2023-03-25T20:10:55+00:00

Man I need to take a picture of the house or something. My place is a green, red, and white queen Anne Victorian house. I have the master bedroom decorated for me but my house is the epitome of a doll house. It doesn't really look like a bachelor pad vibe at all haha.

bigblades · 2023-03-25T20:05:33+00:00

No joke. I just bought super high quality strips and hope it'll last forever lol

bigblades · 2023-03-25T19:21:34+00:00

At a pride parade with friends will take a few when home.

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