We've set up the furniture we do have, and we're waiting for our living room couch and our new KING bed. (I emphasize the size because apparently I sleep on a diagonal in our current queen bed. So needless to say, Mike is excited for the new space).
As for the title of the post, our cabinets are so close to being done I can taste it! We started hanging the doors before the move on Thursday night.
Above you can see the progression. It took some time to get the doors level with each other. Thankfully, there's an apt for that!
On each door we put a clear bumper on the corners of the doors and drawers. This will hopefully cut down on an scrapes. It already helped with the drawers sliding out easier and not sticking to the cabinet frame.
After a lot of labor (on Mike's part) and anticipation (on my part). The doors were up! Look at them in all their glory!
Pardon the mess, we were still in the midst of the move. Unfortunately, Mike and I (the crazy home owners that we are) took little time to revel in the glory of the cabinets. We went straight into hanging the hardware. Mike bought a template from Menard's so that the hardware were all in the same spot on the cabinets.
On each of the doors, Mike lined up the template and marked with a pencil where he should drill. We ended up using the placement for hardware that was a little larger than ours beacuse of our long the handles are (see below); but all in all, the directions are pretty self-explanitory.
So that's where I'll leave this post - doors up and hardware going on. We're about 95% done with the hardware. We had to go out and buy 1.5" nails (longer than the 1" nails that came with the hardware) for the drawers. The drawers are thicker because of the faceplate.
Once Mike installs those I'll post a COMPLETED picture (complete with a brand new faucet that Mike installed himself). All I can say is - I knew I married Mike for a reason!
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