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Kitchen Cabinet Install, Day 4


Today was our last day together because Clement and Mr. Gee were going to head home the next day. Knowing this, I asked them to work on the installation of the three pantries in the family room area. By now, all of the kitchen cabinets were completed. All it needed were some small details...and one thing.

We discovered the microwave and the stove openings did not line up directly over each other. The offset was small, only 3/4". If you didn't know about it, you probably wouldn't have noticed it. However, we did and we weren't sure what to do about it. We could either detach and move the wall cabinets over and insert a filler strip to make it all flush or we could move the base cabinets. We were not excited about moving the base cabinets because we were concerned with what would happen to the counter top height we had established and the possibility of having to unfasten some large and cumbersome base cabinets. I decided to leave it alone for now and think about what to do with it later.

We got to work on the pantries. First, some bases needed to be built for them because they did not come installed. I think this proved to be pretty straight forward. I went out and bought some 2x4s and had Clement and Mr. Gee fasten them together and mount the EZ Levels to them.

One pantry atop the base

The last two pantries went in without a problem.

Clement adjusting the EZ Levels
However, the straight pantries revealed the fact that the walls are not plumb. The wall actually bows out in the center of the wall, towards the hallway. So we decided to recess the pantry behind the lip of the wall. We all agreed it looked better this way.

Brian fastening the pantries to the wall.
The red line is from a laser level and it is
indicating the position of the wall stud that
I need to drill into.

Here are my two little assistants.

Zachary
Elise
Here are pictures of the end product.





Mr. Gee, Clement, Brian

Thanks again to Clement, Mr. Gee, Joel, and Allison for all of your help. This project could not have been completed without you.

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