Building a kitchen
Over the last few weeks I have been following the manic adventures of a young couple.. Specifically trying to renovate a small kitchen. Of course they have no experience in the field but they do have a plan and it’s on a big cardboard on the wall. As each step is passed they mark it off. Is that how it works on a real construction site? And so today we’re down to the final moments. Just in time for the holidays and we are out of sync with them by only an hour or two. It has been a ride. There is even a quote which we have heard over and over again that deserves to be on a T-shirt. Guys we don’t have time for this. In the end they did and the kitchen seems to be wonderful. I take away from the video that they do not ever want to do this again because some things are meant to be learned and then promptly forgotten. PTSD. Now I have no experience installing something as large as a kitchen. I think that is why we paid a company to get ours done because if it had been left to me with a hammer and some nails I would be eating outside on the lawn. Summer and winter. I have to give congratulations to the couple for staying with the task all the way to the end.. In time to demonstrate it to their parents who had been out of the country I think that must be a wonderful sort of gift to receive. A fully renovated kitchen. My take away from this adventure is that everything can be done if you possess time and money. I am not sure they had either but they did manage to tile the whole kitchen floor. And build a whole set of cupboards. And paint around the edges. I just want to watch them do something in the kitchen that will make a mess and then let them clean up in a timely manner. Like in real life. This is why we have people that do the trades.
