We Have Progress!

We are making progress on the built-ins that

we are creating in our living room.

We bought pre-made cabinets for the base

of the built-ins.

These are un-finished oak UPPER cabinets

that would normally be used in a kitchen.

Each side of the fireplace has 2 cabinets.

A double and a single, which are differing sizes

as our fireplace is not symmetrical to the room.

And if you recall, I am NOT a symmetrical girl!

So having an off center fireplace is quite all right with me!

I put two coats of no VOC Zinnser primer on

the cabinets followed by 2 coats of cabinet

and trim paint. (Dutch Boy is my choice)

 After drying, my husband leveled, installed,

and added the necessary fill strips to each side

as there was an extra 1 1/2 inches on the right side

and 3 inches on the left side.

Which is very normal, as it is almost impossible to have

the standard width of an off the shelf cabinet

fill your area perfectly. And they sell fill strips

for just that purpose!

After the cabinets were given cut outs to expose

our outlets, tv cable was run and doors

were put on, the top "shelve" was installed.

This is a solid 14 inch wide piece of solid wood

which was ripped down from a 16 inch piece.

We were full of saw dust to say the least.

But we work together really well, so a bit

of saw dust is kinda fun when progress is made!

This is were progress ended for the time being

as the wood that we purchased for the shelving

part of the built-ins decided to bow and had

to be returned. Boo.

So, tomorrow my hubby will visit a different

lumber yard and see what can be found

that will make this task easier, lovelier

and without twists and turns.