After several months of waiting and making do with temporary shelving, our kitchen cabinets are officially here! As I type this Justin is hammering the back of another cabinet into place.
We drove over to Ikea in Minneapolis for the day on Saturday. We had the kitchen all planned out, so after only a couple small changes, we put our order in. The vast majority of what we needed was in stock and ready for us, though we will have to go back in a couple of weeks to pick up a few drawers when they arrive. As the base cabinets and counter tops were in stock, we are able to proceed to the Install Kitchen step of our renovation plan.
We were very thankful for Justin’s parents’ minivan and had it stuffed to the gills with boxes.
Upon our arrival home and following the tedious process of unpacking, Justin immediately grabbed one of the corner base cabinets to start working on. This one turned out to be the most complicated one to do, but it has made subsequent cabinets a breeze!
The corner cabinets came with swiveling and extending shelves, to reach the far reaches of the corners. Great use of space, though a bit more detailed to put together. Add the extra complications to the notoriously vague instructions from Ikea and the result can be some headaches, but he barreled through and really has the process down.
Already he has three cabinets constructed (plus a bookshelf). I’ve oiled and sealed the first butcher block counter top, which we’ll measure out and cut and lay down tomorrow in order to put in the sink. This week is going to fly by!
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