It's Gettin' Hot In Here

We're trying to get the floors as clean as possible before they install the cabinets.
I think they named "Crazy Glue" after the guy that laid these floors years ago.
There is approximately 3ft of glue on the floor.

Ok, not 3ft. But it's thick. My awesome industrial scraper is good for this if you have a good back and hours of potent energy. I don't have that. So we need to figure another way to get this glue up, and get it gone fast!

Hey Glen, The Heat is ON!


The Wallpaper steamer is a real trucker. Not for just wallpaper. I was able to scrape the same square footage area - after the steamer, with a razor blade mind you....in 1/10th the time it took me without using the steamer. That $50 has gone a long way and saved a lot of time. With our extra time I might just steal a truck full of cigarettes with Axel Foley and sell them on the Black Market. If anybody asks, we're from Buffalo.

Here it is! The first look at the new cabinets! The walls were packed with boxes. This is just 1/4 of them. They lined all the areas of the house and we even put some in the garage because they wouldn't fit through the front door.

The Delivery guys were nice and when one of them found out my name was Houston, he said his name was Dallas Austin. For some weird reason, I fell for that.
I guess it's because I was thrown off by the fact that he didn't say "Houston, we have a problem."
I didn't feel stupid, however, I felt for a moment like my ice cream had fallen on the ground and then somehow it found it's way back up to the cone in edible fashion. Bring My cabinets inside, please.

Forward we go.

We open the boxes:
There were 26 boxes altogether. We opened one just to see the finish and decide whether we liked it.

Long after we ordered, and before they were in production - We asked them politely not to sand the edges. We wanted a smooth, black finish, but these cabs didn't come in the design we desired. At the warehouse, she checked on the possibility of not sanding the fronts to give it an antique finish.

"No. That's the way they come."

"But you do realize it will be less work for you."

"That's the way they come."
OK. That's the way they come. Let's look at one.

We Like it.
This is going to work with everything we've chosen to implement in this kitchen. For perspective, let's take a look at the 3-D Layout that Lowe's gave us:




This just Might Work!
Taggert and Rosewood would be very impressed.





I have much more to show you on the prep for the kitchen. We primed, textured the ceiling - freehand, and generally painted it to ready status. But the installation will happen before I can post that. So tomorrow I may give a bi-hourly update. So Stick around!...Or...Don't change that Blog!

There. I was the first to say it. Don't change that blog.
Remember. You heard it here first.