[	Tags	|	diy	]
[	Current Mood	|	exhausted	]

We’ve been doing a minor remodel on the kitchen for the last couple of weeks.  However, what was supposed to be a 1 weekend project isn’t finished after a 2^nd.

We’re basically moving around some cabinets and putting on a new countertop.  It’s a bit of a “half measure” in that we can’t do the full dream kitchen remodel, but it serves some of the same purposes.  We’re rotating a “peninsula” out against a will to make an open “L” along the walls.  We’ll be bringing in an island.

It’s functional again, which was the major frustration going into this weekend, but there’s still a decent amount of work to be done.  We still need to replace tiles where the cabinets were and put in a new light fixture.  I can do these, but I really messed up my back doing plumbing work on Saturday.  The floor and light tasks will be hard on the back as well.

My brother in law is doing most of the hardcore stuff: getting the cabinets aligned and mounted, once they were moved; placing the countertops; doing the drywall work.  However, he works at a leisurely pace, something I expected, but my wife didn’t really.

The countertops also weren’t cut correctly, but my BIL made them work – which was awesome.  We still need to seal the seams though, so in the meantime, we have to be extra careful with liquids on the counter.