reloading room, from scratch

my main resolution for this year (actually for the next month) is to get reloading room set up.

we got it emptied out this weekend and cleaned down. mrs. taz wants to paint it first and asked me to pick out colors, so things are moving forward. went with a dark spruce or mallard-colored green and white for the trim, and would like plain old black/white tiles or whatever for the floor, although there is something to be said for hardwood floor!

will get some pictures as things progress.

ron : green sounds good , but  a lite color will reflect light better.. when you get as old as i am you need all the light you can get...

  and here is another tip....  you got kids like mine .. PUT A LOCK ON THE DOOR !!!!!! 

good suggestions, all ~ i'll pick a lighter green, since we didn't buy the paint yet - also will go with all white or perhaps tan and white tiles....the room alreadyis somoe sort of light green with an old-style green and grey linoleum which would have been fine for me, but ms. taz says paint, so paint we will.

it used to be a kitchen for an upstairs apartment, still has a 1930s or 40s vintage gas stove (disconnected from gas) in it and a basin-style sink. i'll try to get pix tomorrow.

i've got a good bench area already pre-built into the wall where a countertop used to be, but will definitely add a lip so as to prevent falling objects. unfortunately, the reloading room is the only path to get to #2 son's bedroom, so no lock on the door, but the cabinet with all the goodies will most likely be locked!

yep - CB and i had a conversation about that sometime back....something about a pipe and a couple of flanges....

here's the way the room looks now, emptied out and (mostly) cleaned up. still a little wiping down to do and emptying out of a couple of drawers:

if anyone wants a vintage norge stove/oven with all pieces intact, make me an offer.

robert - understood!

MtElk - if you look along that wall in the top picture, i was planning on bulding shelving/bookcases into that wall if the need should arise. as you can see, there is quite a bit there in what used to be the kitchen cupboards, but there is always riim for more! also, for now, it is going to simply have reloading paraphanelia, but once that is there, i'd also like to get my hunting/fishing books, historical books, collections of stuff etc. in there on the walls or in the drawers or shelves as well. there seems to be plenty of room, the only key will be coordination.

Lot's of potential. I've been tweeking mine for almost three years. I just love to spend time there. The mint green paint needs to go.

DD