For those of you that hadn't heard:

[Michael Jones]

We moved!
Into a new house.

Its... bitter sweet.
Of course the "studio" was sold with the old house.

But.....

I get to live here now!

http://homerecording.com/bbs/attachm...id=20246&stc=1

[Michael Jones]

BUT

I do have a room that'll make a nice "studio"
It won't be anything like the other place, but it'll be comfy.

Here's what the room used to look like
http://homerecording.com/bbs/attachm...id=20264&stc=1

and here's where it is now:

[Michael Jones]

Obviously the floresent lighting will go, so too will the ceiling fan.

There's a small room in the back, that will be an equipment room:

[Michael Jones]

The "Main" room's dimension's are roughly 35'x14'x8'h
The equipment room is about 9'x14'x8'h
There's a full bath that is about 9'x10'x8'h

The studio has its own HVAC system, completely separate from tho house, and
Get This!:

Its isolated from the room!
It sits about 20 feet away in a sort of... crawl space/storage area.

Here's the return air: (not the back side of the wall is unfinished. great for wiring!)

[Michael Jones]

Ooooppps!
That was the air handler.
Here's the return air:

[Michael Jones]

So....
looks like I'm building a studio!
Again.

[frederic]

So it looks like you have a nice space to record in.... just not seperate from the rest of the house?

Welcome back, we've missed ya.

[rpe]

Have fun Michael. Keep us posted with lots of pictures.

rpe

[Gorty]

Originally Posted by Michael Jones

So....
looks like I'm building a studio!
Again.

You better get crackin!

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Good to see you back here, "BRO" (don't let that OTHER place fool ya
Keep us posted Michael...doggone, frederic, Darryl, Steve, and now you, all in one week Sheesh, its like homecoming week!!

[Phyl]

How the hell did you get the grand piano in there?

Nice digs BTW.

[SHEPPARDB.]

I sure hope you sold the other house to a musician.It kinda makes me sick
to think about boxes full of Christmas shit,lawn mowers,weed eaters,and
junk being piled up in that studio.

[DDev]

Originally Posted by RICK FITZPATRICK

Good to see you back here, "BRO" (don't let that OTHER place fool ya
Keep us posted Michael...doggone, frederic, Darryl, Steve, and now you, all in one week Sheesh, its like homecoming week!!

Yeah, I echo Fitz's greeting. I've been wondering what the state of Carriage House studio was, and now we know. Too bad you had to leave so much sweat equity behind, but the new space sounds like it has plenty of potential as well (heck, to me it sounds heavenly!! Still working in my little 8x8x8 cube in the basement, but it is my space and I'm proud of it anyway!!).

Looking forward to more interchange as you get crackin' on the room.

Congratulations and good luck!!

Darryl.....

[Michael Jones]

Originally Posted by Phyl

How the hell did you get the grand piano in there?

Nice digs BTW.

My piano movers are amazing!!
I call them "My" piano movers because, they are the ONLY ones I'll use.
Its a group here in Austin called Cobra Piano Movers".

They first had to get that 7'-2" Grand down here:
(Of course, at the time, there was no ice on the stairs.

[Michael Jones]

Then they had to negotiate it through here:

[Michael Jones]

And finally bring it into this room.

There is another entrance to this room from the outside, but its a pathway that's not paved, and its kinda steep.

[Track Rat]

Holy Cow Mike! Nice digs sir!

[Michael Jones]

Originally Posted by Track Rat

Holy Cow Mike! Nice digs sir!

Thanks man.
I feel fortunate.

Party at my place!

[altiris]

In Austin that must have cost a furtune. I used to live out in the Jonestown area. nice but high cost of living.

[Michael Jones]

Originally Posted by altiris

In Austin that must have cost a furtune. I used to live out in the Jonestown area. nice but high cost of living.

I live in Lakeway. Which is actually a city.
Back in the day, when I first moved to Austin, Lakeway was a little subdivision.
But, yeah, it can be expensive I guess.
Its not like, say, San Francisco though.

[notbradsohner]

looks sweet!

hope to see plenty of pics once the studio starts coming together!!!

[geet73]

Man. I was hoping to see that studio finished.

[G-String]

Man, I love that house. What Architectural design would you call it?

[Michael Jones]

Originally Posted by G-String

Man, I love that house. What Architectural design would you call it?

That's a good question!
The front doors are modeled after the gates of Italian vineyard.
Throughout the house there is a motif of vineyards, grapes, grape leaves and grapevines, as well as acanthus leafs.

I guess I would say it has Tuscan influences.
Here's how it looks from the street:

[Michael Jones]

Here's a close-up of the front doors:
You can't see it in that picture, but that barelled ceiling is faux-painted to look like plaster cracking off of bricks, with water stains on the plaster.
Very cool the way it was done.