Sunday, October 31, 2021
I call my apartment "functional", but it could do with some better organization. I have many plastic bins of varying sizes holding odds and ends on my shelves in my bedroom. It really looks cluttered.
After considering other storage containers, I thought some drawers would look neater. I ordered 3 two-drawer units from Wayfair. They arrived yesterday (Saturday). I had a pretty full day, so when I opened the carton later in the day I was overwhelmed with all the parts and the directions. I invited Peter to give me a hand, which he willingly agreed to.
After mass on Sunday I felt more alert and tried again looking at the directions and I was able to assemble one drawer. Peter arrived at about 2:00 p.m. with a set of tools and went right to work. I guided him at first, since I had one drawer completed. I assembled the cabinet and had to redo it, because I had one unfinished edge facing forward. Then when I tried putting the drawer in, it would not go in all the way. I think I took the cabinet apart two times, and thought I was going crazy turning the boards around countless ways. Peter came to the rescue by noticing that I tightened the drawer stops too tightly and it was hitting the runner. Once I loosened it somewhat, it worked just fine. Once we knew what we were doing, the third unit went together with ease. We finished about 4:40 p.m. just in time to get to Jay and Laura's for dinner.
We munched on cheese, crackers, nuts, etc. and wine until we sat down to a delicious dinner of pork tenderloin and mushrooms in Marsala wine with mashed potatoes and green beans. We had ginger snaps for dessert.
Continued:
Monday, November 15, 2021
Why didn't I buy another set to complete the bottom shelf? I did just that and I was able to assemble the drawers and cabinet in one hour! I think my shelves look much better.
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