building Man Cave One in Scottsdale AZ

I work 10 years as a PE teacher .. before going into the Real Estate Industry.
15 years later I return as a trainer and owning a fitness center.

My wife worked at the local Job Corps center & we were friends with the guy that taught the Union cement trades course. As a side note, he also happens to be the brother of the last gov of OH. I had him help me pour/finish my concrete floor in my shop. Using a power trowel for final finish it is SMOOTH!

Second coat of stucco, painters prep and we are moving things in.
Will have better pics in the morning.

skim coat (smooth coating)

see the difference between the first and second.

painters prepped.. it was too dark to take pics after they cleared out this afternoon.

industrial shelving from Lowes (on sale) two wooden benches made of very heavy composite press board. The other steel table will show up this weekend.
Glass door being prep for the lower office.

I have some of these shelves from Lowes also. You may find that you have to reinforce the way the front and back cross-members are tied together. I have plywood on top instead of the wire that you have. What I have found is that under load the cross-members can twist a little and sag. For me the shelf that this was most apparent was loaded down with dirt bike tires and two sets of spare wheels. This wasn't overloading the shelf according to the spec but was still causing the cross-member to sag a little.

I found that these type of shelves were perfect for storing a bike under and still being able to use the space above for storage. I have a '48 FLH that I do not get around to riding very often and keep it parked under this type of shelving.

- Ken

The painters finished the interior ZEN colorstoday. They will be back in 10 days to seal and paint the stucco. Roofers were here this morning to add an addition 10 inches of flashing to the joining roof lines.

we painted the duct a mellow red.. to bring good fortune fire into your life.





The yellow in the walls (soft) to brings prosperity( gold) and warmness to your life


The green contrast equal the wood of nature.


The downstairs under the quest room is painted in the yellow.. and the green outer walls



The fence was taken down today. The grader will be here next week and we are moving boulders to form walls.

Looking good.Is the ceiling going to be open and no sheet rock

yes, that is the plan. What the reflective nature of the foil
nicer pics of the colors in the guest room

in front of our drive way.. in the middle of the street.

Big guy .. 5ft and fat. Killed and buried the head.

That's a big buzzworm! Is that a Western Diamondback or a Mojave? I hear scary things about the Mojaves.

Beautiful project. I've been following along absolutely drooling every step of the way!

Geez, it's Arizona, snakes just add to the ADVenture!

this would be a dead western diamondback.. the tail was still moving a hour ago.

The garage is well enough along to start moving things in Monday morning.
Roof will go on after painting the stucco. The stucco guy said to hold off as long you can before paint to harden the stucco. No rain in the forcast for the next 10 days.


Kitchen cabinets , shelving, rubber flooring .. and moving in two lifts.

Started April 26 .. it was petty quick.






Sunset view




side yard

We cleared out the storage this morning and moved in one of the lifts and a project. The stainless steel table and sink and cabinets re-installed.

Moving this 8ft table was a bear .. plus it was pretty heavy



Stainless wash sink and small wet table


K75 project









kitchen cabinets from our remodel


Moving air is not a problem...



8 ft stainless table.. my new welding table. I will add a block of wood underneath for a vice



Movable storage rack


The 4 seater from my sprinter van. Perfect for sitting.. while not in use

did your workers have

The workers I hired all have papers :

One Native American RECON Ranger
One African American Viet Nam Warrior

Both served in the military...

I try to hire former military if I can.

Good job

We are getting ready for final grading. We are removing brush and extending a defensible (30 ft) from the building.

We have lots of jumping cholla... hate this stuff..DON'T GO NEAR IT..
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.




get too close and this could happen



Nasty stuff.

Yeah, I "run into it" occasionally at work, thus I have developed this attitude:



Best way to remove it? A plastic comb. Slide the spines between the teeth of the comb and pull it out. Works great, doesn't get it stuck in your hands..

I just finished reading every page so far and this is an awesome build up. Thank you for showing us the progress. I hope that my shop comes out as nice as yours when the time comes.