Hi. I’m Erin K & I joined this group to share ideas, to people interested in the same things I am, & hopefully LEARN some things. I have all these ideas & visions in my head that I just want so badly to bring to life but the only problem is….. I don’t know what I’m doing. 😬 I never took woodshop in school or handed my dad tools while he fixed stuff. I was pretty girly. One thing I did do though & for all my life - was sketch floorplans. I got into my dads architecture books when I was 9 & from there I just filled up endless notebooks with floorplan drawing. Blueprints fascinated me, I’d always want to see every part of peoples houses to get ideas of how they were built; I think that’s how I got good at measuring a room with my eyes. Anyways, I kind of had to let all that stuff fade away as I got older. I still can’t help but sketch my friends houses out every now & again, but I don’t fill notebooks up with floor plans anymore.
I thought that part of me was over until one day it crept back… this time in the form of wanting to BUILD. For the past 365 days I’ve read about woodworking, tools, drywall, painting, insulation, lathes, (watched a lot of horrific lathe accidents🫣) I read about framing, I had to learn about screws & drill bits & differentiate drill bits from bits.. I’ve read & read & read & watched YouTube videos galore….. but I am still scared. I NEED hands on training. I need help. I need to watch & learn & have hands on experience. I need a teacher, a mentor, a friend - someone who’s really into woodworking & carpentry & knows all the standards & correct ways of doing things. I am SO…. STUCK. I need to renovate this garage! 1 because my mom hates me & at how ugly her garage is being I have unfinished projects everywhere because I get confused about what to do next or I don’t have what I need. And I just want her to love me again & make her happy. 2 because I live in it. I originally chose it over a room (but I never imagined it taking this long to fix.) but it’s get VERY hot in here in the summer & VERY COLD in the winter. And with a high roof/no ceiling/& no insulation - my mom won’t let some have an a/c or heater. No exceptions even when I cover the pg&e. & 3… because I need to renovate this garage!
Oh Good. I saw this post & hadn’t seen the comments below yet. So I commented something above saying this is not at all true. But then I looked down at all the comments & I’m relieved to see there’s so many of you that DO understand & who actually had already commented before me with similar stuff. That makes me feel like if I were to ever want to talk about anything or even if I don’t - that either way I’m around people that would understand. I actually quit coming ON here for a while. It’s been months. (UGh) Because I just got so SICK of seeing People that were on here for all the wrong reasons. It’s almost taunting having to hear people who clearly didn’t even take the time to educate themselves on an issue… use it as an opportunity to bash on somebody & get other people to chime in. Side with them. Root for them. When for all I know, it’s to justify that persons abusive actions towards another person - that isn’t here to defend themself for one - & who for all...
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