Friday

 

We were able to get the first heavy piece anchored to the wall, but then we moved on to the really heavy pieces. 

We concluded it was too heavy for us to lift. John knew that it only needed to be 13 inches off the floor, so he thought of the car jack. 

So that's what we used. We lifted the tall unit onto the car jack, raised it to the necessary height, and used clamps to anchor it to the first unit while we screwed in the screws. 

We repeated the strategy with the other tall units.

We got them hung.

We think they look pretty good.

It took all day, but we had to stop to buy groceries, walk Toby, buy dog food, and make dinner. 

We got one drawer in before bedtime.

The drawers are solid wood.

Lentils, spinach, sweet potatoes, curry, cumin, garlic, red onion, basil, sesame seed oil for dinner.

Tomorrow: assemble the drawers and install, attach the doors and hanging bars, and add shelves and knobs.