Kitchen Progress!!!
Our Ikea cabinets arrived, flat packed and in 73 boxes last week. John brought them all in and started sorting them into the appropriate piles to be assembled. Yesterday was my first real day of being able to think of putting things together, and this is how far I got:
Those on the left are our overhead cabinets for the west wall (the one with the skink and fridge). Ikea's system is really sweet - you mount a metal track to the studs, slide fasteners into the track, and hook your cabinet to the fasteners. This way, they're all level, but easy to slide together to complete the mounting. Once I get John's help to lift them on, it should be a piece of cake!
Assembling the cabinets isn't too bad once you get the steps down. All of the directions are pictorials - since they are an international company - and so it's kind of like following Lego assembly instructions. Sometimes you need to stare at the picture for a minute to figure out what the orientation of the pieces needs to be. Luckily, all of the cabinets have the same basic structure, so it's like clockwork now. :-)
We rescued a neighbor that has been having horrible migranes from two of her children (ages 2 and 4) for a few hours. We ran an errand (after stealing a carseat from their van), played with playdough and ate Mac & Cheese (from the box - didn't have time to make it from scratch). Just was we were getting desert from Barbara next door, their Mom woke up feeling much better. Hopefully the head will cooperate today....
John had a poker party last night - 10 were scheduled to come, but 4 showed. They seemed to be having fun while I was working on the kitchen.
Wednesday night is John's last night at Widmer's!!! Of course, he has been asked if he can work one more day since his boss is out of town until Thursday night. What part of "last day" do you not understand?
Those on the left are our overhead cabinets for the west wall (the one with the skink and fridge). Ikea's system is really sweet - you mount a metal track to the studs, slide fasteners into the track, and hook your cabinet to the fasteners. This way, they're all level, but easy to slide together to complete the mounting. Once I get John's help to lift them on, it should be a piece of cake!
Assembling the cabinets isn't too bad once you get the steps down. All of the directions are pictorials - since they are an international company - and so it's kind of like following Lego assembly instructions. Sometimes you need to stare at the picture for a minute to figure out what the orientation of the pieces needs to be. Luckily, all of the cabinets have the same basic structure, so it's like clockwork now. :-)
We rescued a neighbor that has been having horrible migranes from two of her children (ages 2 and 4) for a few hours. We ran an errand (after stealing a carseat from their van), played with playdough and ate Mac & Cheese (from the box - didn't have time to make it from scratch). Just was we were getting desert from Barbara next door, their Mom woke up feeling much better. Hopefully the head will cooperate today....
John had a poker party last night - 10 were scheduled to come, but 4 showed. They seemed to be having fun while I was working on the kitchen.
Wednesday night is John's last night at Widmer's!!! Of course, he has been asked if he can work one more day since his boss is out of town until Thursday night. What part of "last day" do you not understand?
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