A tight fit

I found this quote today: "The way to succeed is to double your error rate." - Thomas J. Watson

With respect to the apartment project, I think I had already figured this out.

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Yesterday Sandy and I moved all but one of the kitchen cabinets upstairs so we could verify that they will all fit along the west wall. Fortunately there is a 3 3/4" spacer on the end of one of them. If I cut off 3 1/4" of that they will fit perfectly! We lucked out there.

Here they are, sort of where they will go. They aren't all placed flush against the wall yet.

The upper cabinets sitting on the floor to the left are two different heights, the one on top is 30" tall; the other 42". There's also a 42" corner cabinet still downstairs. It turns out that the taller cabinets will not be able to be used as intended because the ceiling is too low. (If you've been following the blog, you'll remember that the entire building, from the concrete slab to the bottom of the trusses, is only 16' high, and, with the joists and floor between the two floors, each is less than the normal height for most living spaces.)

The smaller one will probably go on the west wall at the left above the other cabinets. That decision awaits approval of my supervisor. I think I'll use the large one as a part of the pantry I plan to build. It will be to the right of the refrigerator and broom closet. (See below.)



Another revelation: our refrigerator is about an inch too tall for the surround. That can be "fixed" by adding a few inches to the bottom of the surround, or by buying a new refrigerator.

It's particularly surprising since we had to take down part of the ceiling light just to get the surround upstairs yesterday. And we had to carry it up top first because it is too high to be turned end over end upstairs.

The north wall of the kitchen, between it and the bathroom, is still without drywall awaiting the purchase of light fixtures for the bathroom wall. Wiring and a switch are in place and the drywall is already cut so it will go together quickly when the fixture(s) arrive.