This weekend was a busy one as we prepared for the Oscars Showdown party while still trying to get this office in shape. Though the office is not quite finished yet it would be much further behind had it not been for my trusty new friend, Dremel Multi-Max. I have to give props to Dremel as he came to the rescue several times this weekend which has since earned him the MVP MVT (Most Valuable Tool, get it?) award this week. Here is his profile pic as well as the big plays of the weekend in slow mo'...
1. Trimming the suspension rail. For those who followed my last post on hanging the Ikea AKURUM wall cabinets (check it out here!) you may have noticed the suspension rail was too long. My goal was to hit as many studs as possible, especially on the end of the line of cabinets, but since this turned out to be a furring strip instead of a stud I pushed the cabinets back towards the corner leaving me with this 3 inch wide strip of rail that had to be cut. Being so close to the ceiling this angle made it near impossible to use a hack saw...believe me, I tried. I then thought of the Dremel I bought for our vent project (more on that here) - the perfect solution to might tight spaced problem. I first marked where the cabinet ended, had E help me take off said cabinet, then went to town cutting away...
It took a while to cut through the heavy duty metal (and a little bit of the drywall, oops!) but I got er' done.
Dremel-1 / Suspension Rail - 0
2. Cutting the feet off AKURUM cabinet legs. Since I decided to use 12 inch deep wall cabinets instead of 24 inch deep base cabinets the holes that would normally be on the base cabinet were absent from the frame of the wall cabinet...in short - the legs would not fit properly.
Dremel the rescue once again...sorry for the missing action shot. I could have sworn I took one but with all the feet chopping going on it suppose it IS possible that I forgot! Once the plastic feet were level I was able to screw them into the wall cabinet...now official base cabinet.
Dremel - 1 / AKURUM legs - 0
3. The last project involves cutting the extra long bolts sticking out of the toilet base (totally unrelated project but necessary none the less) to a shorter more acceptable version that can be easily covered with a cap...picture on that coming soon as my camera (and the picture disk) went missing while I was cleaning for the party!
Regardless - Dremel-1 / Toilet Bolts-0
Add it up, folks! Dremel -3 / Household Nuisances - 0. A good weekend indeed. Tomorrow I am excited to show off my exciting Craigslist FREEBIES as well as a few cheapo Ikea and Marshall finds for accessorizing my new office! Stay tuned for the big reveal later this week!! What were you guys up to?? Feel free to leave a comment or link to your latest and greatest!!
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It took a while to cut through the heavy duty metal (and a little bit of the drywall, oops!) but I got er' done.
Dremel-1 / Suspension Rail - 0
2. Cutting the feet off AKURUM cabinet legs. Since I decided to use 12 inch deep wall cabinets instead of 24 inch deep base cabinets the holes that would normally be on the base cabinet were absent from the frame of the wall cabinet...in short - the legs would not fit properly.
Dremel the rescue once again...sorry for the missing action shot. I could have sworn I took one but with all the feet chopping going on it suppose it IS possible that I forgot! Once the plastic feet were level I was able to screw them into the wall cabinet...now official base cabinet.
Dremel - 1 / AKURUM legs - 0
3. The last project involves cutting the extra long bolts sticking out of the toilet base (totally unrelated project but necessary none the less) to a shorter more acceptable version that can be easily covered with a cap...picture on that coming soon as my camera (and the picture disk) went missing while I was cleaning for the party!
Regardless - Dremel-1 / Toilet Bolts-0
Add it up, folks! Dremel -3 / Household Nuisances - 0. A good weekend indeed. Tomorrow I am excited to show off my exciting Craigslist FREEBIES as well as a few cheapo Ikea and Marshall finds for accessorizing my new office! Stay tuned for the big reveal later this week!! What were you guys up to?? Feel free to leave a comment or link to your latest and greatest!!
BiancaIkea Akurum, use wall cabinets as base cabinets, AKURUM cabinets for office, Dremel MultiMax
how to shorten toilet bolts, best diy blog, walnut avenue, 1950's brick ranch
