Wow! It almost looks like a basement now! Lots of lumber arriving and constant sawing and hammering now as the crew can finally start prepping the basement so that we can lower the house. This is all pretty straight forward so it has been changing daily which is really exciting and gratifying.
Not much for us to do except to stay out of the way so Sarah and i went to Ikea to look at cabinets. There is a whole story around the cabinets that i might go back and complete but let’s just say that we are definitely NOT in the snack bracket to get custom cabinets. Ikea is 1/3 the price and with lots of other budget overruns we are making the smart choice. Maybe if we are still here in 15 years we can get the custom cabinets we (i) really wanted but for now Ikea will do. Lots of our friends have them. The big issue is that you have to adjust your plans to the cabinets but that hasn’t been a big inconvenience.
It was actually a really useful trip and helped us understand our options a lot better. We got a lot of ideas and have a much better sense of what we want. We also found a solution for our bathroom vanity downstairs so that is nice to have sorted.
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