That was too easy. Way too easy. At the appliance store last night we were given measurements and they matched our refrigerator size hole in the kitchen. Good so far. Alas, when the new one showed up, one of the measurements was off about 1 1/2". The height. Many options were discussed. One included me leaving and finding someplace else to spend the day. That one was veto-ed. Damn. Unfortunately the best option seemed to be to keep the refrigerator and make it work. That meant the cabinet over the thing had to be raised. Unfortunately, as it is a whole wall unit - the entire wall of cabinets had to be raised 1 1/2" from the floor. The CHAOS commenced. All the cabinets were emptied and the power tools came out.
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| Honestly, this kitchen and dining room was clean a couple hours ago |
My easy going Saturday of stitching and cooking and watching baseball has screeched to a halt. Meanwhile, all our once refrigerated food is sitting out on the counter waiting for the new, tall, sleek, ice box to be plugged in. Oh well, the freezer needed purging anyway.
So how do we commemorate this event? How about a CHAOS sale on our Etsy site? If you order any KIT on our Etsy site - use the word CHAOS in the coupon code box and get 20% off the kit!!! We only have a few kits left of any one thing. 1 or 2 of most of the kits. It would be nice to make some more room here - if you know what I mean - so let's sell out the kits section of our Minick and Simpson Etsy store!
You'll know where to find me for the rest of the day.....
Laurie
9 comments:
Yikes!!! Don't you hate it when something that is supposed to be "simple" turns out to be the daylong project from heck?!?! I know where I'D be the rest of the day!! Good luck and I hope things get better !!!
Reminds me of a similar situation we had a couple years ago - fortunately, the bottom of the cupboard above the fridge had a lip that we were able to cut off and the fridge slid in after that with 1/4" to spare!
That's how EVERY home UPGRADE goes! ;)
Same thing happened to me! We had to take out the cabinet too so some kitchen reno is in my future.Hope your day was better later on.
We have the same problem. The fridge is only about 1//4" to 1/2" too tall. I need someone to come over with a saw and shave the bottom of the cupboard so it will fit.
That sounds a bit like a nightmare. Well why am I sugar coating it, total nightmare. Our fridge cave is quite small so finding a new one that fits is hard, we're practically reduced to a large dorm room fridge. Good luck.
What is the name of the red/white quilt laying in front of the door that was taken down? Is there a pattern for it?
Paula in KY
How sweet to turn your lemons into our lemonade!
Paula
The red and white quilt is a "cheater cloth" quilt made from a fabric in the Flag Day Farm collection. The name of the specific fabric is called "Polly's Quilt". The cheater cloth was stitched up into a bed size quilt top. I don't know of anyone who still has that fabric - that collection is several years old.
Laurie
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