Our first major project was to build an island for our kitchen. We wanted to add some counter space and a lot more storage. Little did we realize the time and effort this would require (you will see this sentence repeated often)! First we mocked up the island with a bunch of boxes and a bookshelf to get an idea of what size would work in the space. The kittens really loved playing in the boxes (I don't think they like the finished island half as much). Then we used IKEA's 'AutoCad lite' to figure out what kind of design we could fit in the allotted space.
On the big day we went to IKEA and gave them more money than we ever have spent there before (still, quite cheap for kitchen hardware) and (just barely) stuffed it all into our Camry. Jymm's tetris skills come in handy! That evening we assembled the base cabinets. It went rather quickly and we were feeling quite impressed with ourselves. How much longer could this really take?To be continued...
