Started a new thread so the guys on DUNs don't have to DL all the older photos!

As promised, here are the updated photos that were shot about an hour ago.

About everything is done in the addition part except adding the wooden window sills, making and installing the wooden baseboard trim and laying the ceramic tile. The baseboard and tile will match the stuff already in the kitchen, living room, etc.

I still have to install a ceiling fan in the center of the ceiling and a hang-down light where a table will go in the corner nearest the patio. I would have been farther along but for a back sprain that put me out of commission for two weeks. Enjoy. -TONY

Looking back into the kitchen area on the right. Tile around the doorway into the alcove matches the accent tiles in the kitchen backsplash and around the doorway into my trophy room, which is directly opposite but boarded up in the photo to keep the dust out.



Back toward the old family room, which is now under reconstruction. The wall to the left in that room will hold my zebra rug. The insulated wall will have a lighted, built-in display cabinet with glass shelves atop a normal cabinet base at the bottom.



Taken from the alcove doorway. All the windows have a 2" x 4" build-out around the top and sides. An entertainment center, which I've yet to build , and my big screen TV will go against the wall where I have the little one now.



View from the kitchen.



View from the old family room. Note that the glu-lams are now covered with drywall. As soon as I replace the ceiling in the family room, it too will get textured and painted. Also, note the new can lights in the family room ceiling, which will get swivel heads to shine on the zebra rug. A small dining table will be in the corner where the two windows are. The white wire hanging down is a temp cable TV extension into the living room where my big screen is temporarily located.




This photo is taken from the other end of the kitchen into the alcove and shows the door that leads to my tiny patio, which is shown from the outside in the last photo. The airhose is leading into the addition. The door into my trophy room is to the right. Then there's also a 6' entry into it from the LR, which can be viewed in the Outdoor Writer's Trophy Room thread in this section .



The alcove from the addition before I had framed and finished out the doorway into the alcove. The door into my other trophy room is where the OSB is on the wall.



Patio is 10' x 10'. We have a very large covered one in front. Window on the left is in my other trophy room.

Okay, you've convinced me. That is definitely real work.

Good job. I've been taking the lazy approach -- trying to get my wife to fund a new two-story garage so I can have a retreat!

Charles,

I already had a two-car garage, but it's been my office since 1981.

Below are a few of the reasons I had to do the room addition as they await on my other trophy room's floor for somewhere to hang out. There's still four more heads from Africa being done, and then I have several from NZ to get mounted that include the red stag, a tahr, chamois and life-size wallaby. -TONY

Tony,

That looks awesome!

Drum

The downside of all this fantastic development is that I'm slowly working up an appetite to do something similar...

I could sacrifice a bit of yard, gain two feet of ceiling height if I drop down to grass level, gain another foot or so by constructing the roof to end up just below the bedroom window. That would give me a 12-foot ceiling. Then two archways where now the window is, a few steps leading down into the trophy room, a wood fireplace out of natural stone on the.... ARGGHH! Somebody stop me!

Frans

Hey guys, sorry for the delay in replying. Been at the SHOT show in Vegas for the last week.

Frans,

That room sounds like it would make an excellent addition to your backyard! Go for it.

Dogcat,

You won't get any disagreement from me. I have a group of freinds coming to the house for dinner tomorrow night, so I need to move the head today to give us a place to do some serious BSing and drinking. -TONY

See OW's Trophy room III as of 4-17-06 for the latest update. -TONY

very nice,you pass

Man, Shootaway, you dredged up an old thread.

See the OW's Trophy room IV 5/18 -- HEADS UP!! thread for the latest update! -TONY

Hey outdoor writer do you have a book out? I feel like doing some reading.

Shootaway,

Yep, as a matter of fact, I do, but perhaps the subject matter wouldn't be of much interest to you. Title is, "How To Hunt Coues Deer," and the info to purchase it is available at Tony Mandile It's 224 pages, with more than 200 photos and illustrations. Front & back cover below. Front cover photo is the current P&Y world record. -TONY

"Hey outdoor writer do you have a book out? I feel like doing some reading."


Shootaway:

Tony's book is a bargain, and the definitive work on hunting our state's little Coues deer. I've read my copy twice.

You also may be interested in reading some of the books I've written since I retired in 1999:

“The History of SCI†from SCI Publications
“Wind in My Face†with Hubert Thummler, from Safari Press
“Royal Quest†about Prince Abdorreza of Iran, from Safari Press
“Yoshi†with Watson Yoshimoto, from Safari Press
“The Heck With It, I’m Going Hunting,†with Arnold Alward, from Safari Press
“Around The World, And Then Some†with David Hanlin, is due out in January from Safari Press..

I also ghost-wrote four other books for two other international trophy hunters, but it isn’t kosher to mention their names.

Thummler, Abdorreza, Yoshimoto, Alward, and Hanlin are all Weatherby Award winners, and their hunting accomplishments are downright incredible, each of them taking 200-280 different types of animals in dozens of countries on six continents. In Thummler's case, he has taken at least one specimen of every category of animal in the SCI record book.

All of my books are signed and numbered deluxe limited-editions costing from $85 to $1,250 (the super-deluxe copies of the Abdorreza book) each.

Bill

Bill,I am sure your books are good and I am thankfull that you took the time to respond to my post.I am looking for a spiritual type hunting book,one that is all about passion.A book that puts people and living before the technical details of a hunt.Also,a book written by a skilled writer.Do you have any recommendations?

“Posted 23 May 2006 13:00 Bill,I am sure your books are good and I am thankful that you took the time to respond to my post.I am looking for a spiritual type hunting book,one that is all about passion.A book that puts people and living before the technical details of a hunt.Also,a book written by a skilled writer.Do you have any recommendations? “

Shootaway:

Sorry it’s taken a while to respond but my computer has been down.

Spirituality, passion and skilled writing obviously are in the eye of the beholder. What you might call a “spiritual-type book that’s all about passion,†others might call maudlin or sticky sweet sentimental pap. Skilled writing? I’ve seen posts on AR that praised the sophomoric poop -- er, prose -- of Elgin Gates who never saw an adjective he didn’t like, while others thought adolescent rhyming was magnificent, and still others loved Elmer Keith’s near-illiteracy. Someone even has claimed that Ted Nugent is a “writer,†for God’s sake.

That said, I think you might like Ruark’s Honey Badger, Uhruhu and Horn of the Hunter, most of Capstick’s early books, as well as East of the Sun and West of the Moon by the Roosevelt boys, and some of Gene Hill’s stuff. Although I will never be accused of being in the same league as these esteemed authors, you might even like my Royal Quest.

Bye the bye, have you considered that your question might be like strolling into a haberdashery and asking its proprietor to point you toward shops where the goods are more stylish and better made?

So you admit yours are not as good eh.Do you have a book for around 10 dollars? I might be interested.

Yes, I admit I am not a Ruark, Capstick, or Hill, but my books do have more pictures than theirs.

No. My lowest-priced book is way past your $10.00 limit.

Tony:

I bought your book today. Looking forward to reading it. Especially looking forward to the hunt descriptions.

Yup, got the PayPal notification. Book will go out in today's mail. Thanks, and hope you enjoy it. -TONY