The following are some pictures I took of my fraternity room last year. I'm happy to say I don't have to live in such a small place next year but we made pretty good use of the space we were crammed into.

Everything you see that is wood, I made. I bought all the wood at home depot a few weeks before school started last fall. After taking some solid measurements of the room and laying out my design I cut and machined the pieces to the beds, desks, and entertainment center/bar on my driveway. I then assembled it and tested for fit and finish. I then disassembled and loaded the ton of lumber in the Jeep and brought in down to school, only 20 minutes away. I then spent a few days reassembling and sealing the wood. It was all made out of construction grade lumber and the beds we're really put to the test Everything held up great. The desks you see are about 10 feet long from three 2x12 mated together. My desk has a hundred pound monitor, 400-pound fish tank and other stuff and the boards do NOT flex even though they are only supported around the perimeter, no legs.

My next year apartment has plans for a hug bar with three beers always on tap + nitrogen tank for the Guinness which will come out of a barrel in the wall behind We had a nice bar in this one with a granite top but it was to small. The new bar is in the works.

Here is a view of the desk holding up all that weight.
<img src="http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~rhf655/zbt2.jpg">

A crappy shot of the fish tank early in the year
<img src="http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~rhf655/zbt5.jpg">

My roomate, also jewish and happy I knew how to operate power tools. He helped with the room demolition tho...lol
<img src="http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~rhf655/zbt4.jpg">

Lastly, a view of the other side of the room containing the TV, minibar area and water cooler. Also note the second fish tank which weighs about 200 punds and is having no problems with the entertainment center.
<img src="http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~rhf655/zbt1.jpg">

 

I know its been said before, but that is one pimp-*** college room!!

 

OH OUR GOD!!!! Do you need another roommate this semester?

 

Jesus was a Jew and he was a good carpenter from what I hear

 

Nice wood, Robby!!! Great handiwork! Your room is da bomb! : )

 

My last project of that scale was a boat dock, and it was nowhere near what you did to this dorm room! Did you have to go to the friggin' zoning board for this?

Let me guess.......you installed the air conditioner as well, right?

 

He said wood! He-he ... he-he ... he-he...

 

whew, maybe you should be on HGTV Extreme Homes

 

<center><img src="http://www.homedepot.com/cmc_upload/HDUS/EN_US/asset/images/pii/0/4/6/0/A120640_2.JPG"></center><p>especially if your going to be doing anything aside from sleeping up in those bunks. Only 88 cents apiece ^^^^^

 

You know in more ways than one :-)