The picture doesn't exactly do justice to how much of a pain in the ass this cabinet was. We are very excited to have this one done.
First of all, it's heavy and unwieldy. A good deal of measuring and remeasuring was necessary, and we had to do some dancing, swearing, sawing, chiseling and Rube-Goldberg style rigging to get this sumbitch up. I had to construct some support devices; apparently the wife hasn't been weightlifting enough to hold 40 lbs of cabinet over her head, perfectly motionless, while I drill holes and drive screws. I also managed to nick the dishwasher drain tube with my rotary tool, so I've got a bit of plumbing to do. The dishwasher was the source of some frustration (that white expanse in the middle of the picture is a board that goes from the floor up to the soffit; moving the dishwasher to work on it caused some issues).
We'll install the cabinet to its immediate right tomorrow.
The project has had fewer surprises and frustrations (so far) than the bathroom remodel, and we're a good chunk of the way through.
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I guess I never appreciated how hard cabinets are to hang until Tim and I did the ones out in the garage. And those were just simple ones. When someone like Karl says he hates hanging cabinets (but does a good job on it anyway), that tells you something.
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