Closet Progress – Two More Cabinets Built, And My Next Step Is Your Call (Plus, Why The Police Woke Me Up This Morning)

Nicely, I used to be unsuitable. I assumed I wasn’t going to get any work performed yesterday, however I ended up getting the opposite two cupboards constructed for the appropriate aspect of the room! I didn’t need a day to go by with out a minimum of some progress, so I ended up working proper up till 10:00 final evening. I’m fairly drained this morning, however I’m additionally feeling tremendous excited and motivated.

I don’t have the 2 new sections utterly completed and affixed to the wall or the opposite two cupboards but, however a minimum of they’re constructed. And whereas they’re not of their precise place but, I pushed them into the final neighborhood in order that we may get an thought of how this aspect of the room goes to form up.

I nonetheless want so as to add the ft to those two sections earlier than I can push them into place and affix them to the opposite cupboards and the partitions. And in an effort to put the ft on them, I’ve to have room to tilt them to the aspect. However I ran out of time (and power) final evening earlier than I may get that performed. However that is the final thought and the essential configuration of the cupboards.

I’ll get these two sections hooked up and in place very first thing at present, after which I’ll let y’all inform me what you wish to see me do subsequent, as a result of I can’t resolve what I’d somewhat do.

The primary choice is that I may go forward and construct the essential cupboard packing containers for the opposite aspect of the room, after which we are able to lastly get a visible of the entire format of the room. To this point, I’ve the essential construction of the entire proper aspect of the room virtually utterly constructed.

So clearly, I have to repeat that entire course of once more on the left aspect of the room.

Now that I’ve my course of down, and I’m in a position to construct the cupboards quicker now than I did on the primary day, I believe I may have the entire thing constructed by the top of the day tomorrow.

The second choice is that I may go forward and trim out the appropriate aspect of the room earlier than beginning on the left aspect. I’ve to confess that I’m a bit anxious to see the gorgeous stuff, so the concept of going forward and trimming out the appropriate aspect, full with cabinets, face trim, baseboards, and crown molding, could be very interesting to me.

And it may additionally be extra motivating and satisfying to see one thing fairly within the room earlier than I deal with the boring stuff on the left aspect. As a result of, let’s face it, there’s nothing significantly thrilling about large, boring, untrimmed packing containers.

I do know it’s not a giant deal. Each of these issues should be performed ultimately. However y’all can inform me what you wish to see subsequent. Ought to I am going forward and construct out the entire left aspect of the room first, after which do all the cabinets, trim, and molding after I’ve constructed the closet cupboard packing containers for either side of the room? Or ought to I preserve going with the appropriate aspect of the room and add the cabinets and trim earlier than I begin on the left aspect? Only a notice: Even when I preserve going with the appropriate aspect of the room with the cabinets and trim, I nonetheless gained’t be constructing drawers at this level. These would be the last item I do. However we may a minimum of see this aspect go from plain, boring packing containers to trying extra like precise closet cupboards.

I’ll finish with a comic story. This morning, Matt and I had been startled awake at 6:30, when it was nonetheless very darkish exterior, by lights flashing exterior, flashlights shining into our home windows, and Cooper barking and snarling like a rabid beast like he does when somebody is on our entrance porch. I used to be woke up out of a lifeless sleep and was so disoriented for a few minute whereas I struggled to placed on some garments. Then I heard the sound of steel tapping in opposition to the glass on our entrance door. (I ought to make clear that the steel was a flashlight.)

I seemed out and noticed two police automobiles in entrance of our home, one police officer on the aspect window of our front room shining his flashlight into our front room, and two cops on the entrance door.

I opened the entrance door, and one mentioned, “Hello. How are you doing?” I mentioned, “Nicely, I’m just a little freaked out proper now. What’s happening?” He mentioned, “Oh, the whole lot’s effective.” After which he went on to inform me that one in all my neighbors had referred to as for a wellness test on us as a result of the again of our van had been open all evening and so they had been involved that there had been some nefarious exercise.

All I may do was snicker. I defined that it was an oversight on my half. I used to be unloading lumber from the again of the van final evening to work on my walk-in closet and simply forgot to shut the again of the van. So it stayed open all evening. He seemed over on the pile of stuff that had been torn out of the room and piled in entrance of the home, and mentioned, “Yeah, I can see that you simply’ve been doing a lot of work.” They had been glad with that reply, wished me nicely, and went on their approach.

Earlier than the time change, I’d have been awake by then as a result of the solar would have already been up. However because the time change, I sleep proper up till my alarm clock goes off at 7:00am, so I used to be startled awake out of a lifeless sleep. That’s a CRAZY method to be startled awake, with lights flashing, flashlights shining via our front room home windows, our canine barking and snarling at somebody on the entrance porch, and the sound of steel tapping in opposition to our glass entrance door. I’m grateful to have neighbors that take care of me, although! I simply want the officers would have waited to return round 7:05 after our alarm had gone off and I had a couple of minutes to get up. 😀 However all is nicely. I doubt I’ll overlook to shut the van once more!

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You’ll be able to study extra about me right here.