CarmEmily » home improvement http://carmemily.com Carmen and Emily started this blog to commemorate their long standing friendship. In February 2010 Emily joined the Navy and hasn't had reliable internet since. While Carmen wistfully awaits contact she has decided to only post pictures of the sky until Emily's return. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:44:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Galley Kitchen http://carmemily.com/2009/08/05/galley-kitchen/ http://carmemily.com/2009/08/05/galley-kitchen/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:27:18 +0000 Emilily http://carmemily.com/?p=462 Here is the long overdue kitchen shelf project. (Every time I look at these pictures, I am amazed not so much at what I have done with my kitchen, but more so with the fact that I can do anything at all in there.)

This is the BEFORE shot. And yes, this is my entire kitchen.

This is the BEFORE shot. And yes, this is my entire kitchen.

The shelf set I installed is from IKEA. I do not remember what series is was, but I think it was named something Swedish for “it should be illegal to call something a kitchen if it has no oven.”

There was actually a preliminary step between the BEFORE view and Step 1 that involved me using a hammer, a magnet, and my spidey sense to try to find the studs in the wall.

I also skipped one of the crucial intermediate steps: drink a whole pot of coffee and consider making another one…

And voila, shelves!

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Step 1

Step 1

Step Two

Step 2

Step 3

Step 3

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I really just opens up the whole room, right?

I really just opens up the whole room, right?

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We’ve been trying to find the right kind of shelves that will fit in the firehouse and I think we have a winner.  Check out these shelves Max saw today in an architect’s office.  Aren’t they lovely?

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