Today we moved all the stuff back in the cabinets! It was so exciting! It is going to be so awesome to be able to FIND everything we need easily! Only 1 pic today because we got this done with enough time for Logan and I to hop in the car and drive (against homeward… Continue Reading
Well, we kept on plugging today! I took my first Instagram pic using the kitchen as a backdrop, instead of an Instagram pic OF the kitchen. Logan picked a pretty strawberry and wanted me to take a nice pic of it: It’s going to be fun to work in this kitchen!!!! Anyway – today… Continue Reading
Work on the kitchen slowed this weekend, because Andrew had 2 rehearsals and 2 performances from Friday to Sunday, and a lot of Saturday was spent in Idyllwild, for Liam’s final concert at music camp. Even though they lost 5 rehearsal days to the fire, the wind ensemble sounded great! For me though, was watching… Continue Reading
Today was grouting day! But before we got started on the grout, we assembled and installed the rest of the cabinet drawers. One thing I’ve learned and would like to share with anyone assembling Ikea cabinets: Don’t open up multiple boxes and take the drawers slides away from the matching drawer…because some of them are… Continue Reading
Yesterday was a long day! Today was spent doing mostly fussy things that had to be done: Removing the spacers on the big wall, replacing a couple of tiles that had fallen off, pulling a couple off that had been cut wrong and recutting them, finishing the tiled corner on the right side of… Continue Reading
OK my friends, this day ended really late, we are POOPED! But I’m liking sharing the update pix everyday, so let me just share pix of the limestone tile we installed today! I love it!!! By the end of the day, I was able to pull out the spacers from 2 of the walls, take… Continue Reading
Well, today was quite productive, “we” got the counters installed! I say “we” because hubby did the bulk of this work. Liam finally got the OK to return to Idyllwild Music camp, the wildfires are officially under control. So he and I helped wrestle a 12 foot piece of maple counter tops, and 2 8… Continue Reading
We are just about done with the cabinet install! First we levelled the stove wall cabinets: and then installed the baking wall: The last step in Ikea cabinet installation is screwing them to the wall. The top cabinets get hung on a metal bar that is screwed to the drywall, so they are really sturdily… Continue Reading