Now, most people do not go into remodelling a home with anything but the most positive of attitudes. That is not to say that they are that way when it is in progress, or when done. Everything is started with open and good intentions. But, somewhere along the way, things change....
It started out as a good idea. Lets just do some remodelling of the kitchen. This is something that I had been wanting to do for over 7 years now. Level the sitting area. Change the layout of the cabinets and move the fridge. Good ideas, or so I thought.
The day started out with the best of intentions. Up came the old carpet and then the linoleum. Hubby came home to find that most of the floor was missing. WOW was his first word. What happened? I got fed up with everything rolling to the outside wall when dropped. I decided that we are going to fix this blasted floor once and for all, and while were at it, lets fix the kitchen too. That's how it started. That was over two months ago, and this week I got fed up. Now or never.
I got up on Tuesday and took out the first cabinet, then the lower four drawer cabinet, then the seven foot cabinet at the end of the counter. I had measured before starting to make sure that the three door fridge would fit in the open space once the cabinets had been removed. Yes..... Now to move the fridge. A little harder than I had expected, but doable. It fit perfect. Now all I needed was a small one foot cabinet to put between the fridge and stove.....
Off to the building supply house to find what I needed.
Now as luck would have it, my husband had always shown me what he called the scratch and dent isle of the store. We had made a point of going to that area every time we went, to check out what was on sale. As luck would have it today, I came across a one foot special order cabinet with self closing door and drawer for a significantly reduced price. Someone had decided not to buy this gem and had left it for me to find. It was perfect, all I needed to do was paint it. What a find. Now off to the wood isle to find the wains coat for the east wall. All my stars were in line today, I found all I needed. Out to the car with my purchases.... Oh no, forgot my cabinet.... back in the store, looking like a fool. Out to the car with my prize....
At home unloading the items was not as much fun. Dogs under foot made it hard to get things in the house. The cabinet fit perfect with a little jimmying of the fridge. It slid in like it was made for the space.
Now, what to do with the seven foot cabinet. Move it from the middle of the kitchen floor. Out to the back door area. First to move it, the bench had to go. So out the bench went to the laundry room. Wow, did not know it weighed that much. Push, pull, shove, my arms were like jello. Got it all done. Now for the cabinet. It was easy to move to the back doorway. Now to get it out into the back hallway I had to tip it onto its back. Easy. Done. Slide the cabinet out the door. Easy. Down the step, not so easy.... Clunk... OOppsss came down a little harder than I thought.... Oh dam.... It's slipping.... Look out... Down it fell.... Now it is jammed in the laundry room doorway and I cannot move it.
On the phone to my wonderful husband, all he could say was, "if no one moves, nothing gets broken, bent or hurt". He came home about an hour later and proceeded to crawl in through the garage door. It was impossible to get in through the laundry room door. The cabinet was jammed in the doorway so well, it took both of us to lift it out. Lift, push, tip it on its footing, straighten it up. There, now up against the wall. Good, it fits perfectly. Now to fill it up again with useless stuff that we don't need to keep anyway. Off to work.
Upon arrival home this morning, I came through the back door to find the new sub floor finished and the old partition gone. The kitchen is starting to look the way I had envisioned it. Open, airy, and non cluttered. I can't wait till its finished. More moving and shuffling of items to take place this week.. Won't be long now. I can see it all coming together. I hope we both survive to see the end result. I have come to the realization that remodelling is something only crazy people do, and I am about as crazy as they come.
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