At Last...

Found the camera, school finally wrapped up for the semester, healed from recent sickness (not swine flu...) --> time to update the blog!

We've been working feverishly, semi-feverishly anyway, as we really can see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. There's much to show off but I will try to keep it interesting.

First, ALL the baltic birch boxes are DONE. ALL the face-frames that are needed for now are also done. In other words, there is no cabinet construction left to do before we start the demolition process. Break out the crow bars!!

Now I will show you the process behind our mammoth pantry cabinet which we just finished last night. This thing is a "hoss" (sp?). It will, like, quadruple, the available storage space in our kitchen. We had to build it in three separate boxes:

With one big fat face-frame:
No you get the idea. Note that we had to assemble it in the living room because the basement ceiling is only 7.5 ft high. When I say this thing is floor-to-ceiling, I am not kidding around.
Final box installed, there were some tense moments leading up to this photo.

Here the cabinet is upside-down, getting some additional screws.
Final touch: feet! All the floor cabinets have these now. They are each independently adjustable and this will help keep the countertop level while the floor rolls up and down wildly.