Making Room for the Fridge

We were supposed to spend a nice Saturday afternoon biking, but my husband was hung-over and did not get out of bed till 2. I decided to get some stuff done around the house.

I built a shelf for the bathroom above the toilet. It’s just a simple floating box with mitred corners made of a pine board. Still needs to be stained.

Then I started working on modifying the cabinet formerly above the fridge. We had moved our wine rack/portable counter thing underneath to make room for the fridge on the other side of the room.

Strategically, I started while my husband was in the shower, so that the sounds of hammering could alert him that a project was underway. After taking the bottom out, I cut 1” off the bottom of the sides and the doors. I cut a new bottom and installed it with the framing nailed. It took a couple of hours but now the fridge is back in its rightful location.

And now we know: my husband needs a week’s warning not only when he is participating in a project, but when a project is going to occur in the house. Apparently it “disrupts his habitat”

The 2nd Bedroom Gets a Bed

Oh yes…we finally have a bed in our guest bedroom! And coordinated bedding…fancy that!

Although the trundle bed did attack me while we were setting it up, cutting my shin. This is the bed from my room at my parent’s house. It is a single but has a single trundle underneath that pops up to the same height. Still to come: the curtains, the bed skirt and ideally 1 less dresser in the room.

And now we know: trundle beds have sharp corner and without the weight of the mattress, they can pop up unexpectedly. Also once you set up your guest bedroom in preparation for a guest, said guest will then cancel on you for a better offer.