CarmEmily » home improvement http://carmemily.com Carmen and Emily have been friends for a really long time, but they rarely get to see each other because they live so far apart. This causes them great sadness and so they have started this blog - which is somewhat odd because they are both quiet, introverted weirdos. They have decided to invite the world into their friendship and you are welcome to participate in this experience with them. (However, to shield themselves from this potentially uncomfortable exposure, they will continue to refer to themselves, and their blog, in the third person.) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 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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