Alright so a little update on the house, post storm – we finally got the rest of the Boss’ stuff from her apartment over here, so right now it is like a small bomb went off in the house, but it is helping us sort out and get a bit more organized and look more like a home!
With that said, here are some pics!
So, first things first, this little one is always very helpful with projects. Enter: Gizmo!
But seriously, something that has been taking up a ton of space in the kitchen for months now, has been an over range microwave still in its box sitting on the kitchen floor. At first, I thought I would need an electrician because I needed to move the range wiring into the cabinet with an outlet, but I gained more confidence in myself. So, we set forward with the task!
I removed the hood, and luckily there was already a giant hole in the wall. Not really sure why, but it made it easy to pass wires up to the cabinet.
Here is the box installed in the cabinet. Woo!
The craziest thing is, if you use a drywall saw to cut up your cabinet, and you push with any amount of force, that saw can move forward, quite a bit. So, then you make idiot inexperienced mistakes, like this one:
I’ll fix that up soon enough, for now, this will have to do:
Anyhow, back to the microwave:
The unboxing...
Here it is all installed. The tile made it a bit more difficult because drilling through it takes a century. I have it held onto the little track with 4 bolts, plus the two up top. The ones in the cabinet really do all of the holding, the wall track is more of a guide than anything. Found out my cabinet base is ¾” or thicker, so I am very confident in its ability to hold.
Next, we finally got her computer desk over here. She’s been working by laying down on the ground to use her computer, so this was definitely much needed:
Excuse the mess on my side (the single monitor side lol) Hard to tell in this pic, but I moved the network stuff onto the book shelf for now. That helped to neaten up some of the spaghetti running into my wall.
We also brought over her TV and stand, this went into our spare bedroom. I think we made good use of it!
Also, I’m not sure if I had posted this or not, but here is the TV hanging on the wall. I am still waiting on some help to get an outlet installed behind the TV. Once it cools down a bit, I will get up in the attic and finish running speaker wire to the rear speakers, and officially check of the surround sound box. I will probably be adding some exhaust fans to the entertainment center, just for longevity and in the event we get anymore electronics in there. Again, sorry about the mess, I have another shelf to match the one on the left, but am waiting to finalize the entertainment center a bit more before putting it together:
Lastly, I don’t remember if I pointed these guys out or not. Found them in the Keys on our vacation. Just thought they were really neat hand-made pieces. Plus, I love Wall-E!
Thanks for looking!!
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