So, I got the lights installed a couple of days ago. The problem is that they showed up my errors in mudding the drywall. Oh, it may not have been a big thing for some folks, but imperfections in mudding show up like burnt toast to me. If the errors had been in a location that was to be covered by cabinets, they would no have been a problem. They weren’t. They were in the space between the countertop and the cabinets.
Find imperfections -> mud -> wait -> mud again -> wait -> sand -> prime -> wait -> paint -> wait -> paint again -> wait.
And what do you do during the -> wait -> part? Here’s what I did:
- Go to Lee’s to cut oak plywood into 4 3/4″ strips that will fit in the opening to “back center” room,
- Sand and prime the wall in the garage,
- Talk to Terry and let him know how the project is going, that you have questions, and tell him that you will be home to help the guy unload the countertop about 1 p.m.,
- Help unload the countertop that came today,
- Go to Elwood’s Appliance to purchase the microwave and to order a dishwasher,
- While at Elwood’s, have your wife show you the $1150 scratch-and-dent gas range that would be really nice to have and that you’d really like to buy for her,
- Read cabinet installation and microwave installation directions,
- Talk to neighbor and loan him tools so that he can trim the bottom off some doors so that they fit under his new tile floor.
- Take one cabinet out of its box to try to install it,
- Realize that you have to build a toe kick under the floor cabinet and you don’t know how Terry wants that done,
- Realize that you have to install the trim around the doorway before you can center the cabinet on the wall,
- Drive to Roethle Lumber to buy 50′ of 3/4″ oak glue strip to finish the edge of the oak plywood for the doorway,
- Cut oak plywood to length, glue oak strip to edge, cut off extra edging, and sand all pieces,
- Realize that even though it’s only 8 p.m., you’re too tired to keep working for an hour or two,
- Write blog entry and expose your flaws to the entire world.