My wife and I have always wanted to do something with this small space in our dining room. My new Ryobi drill and impact driver that I received as a Christmas gifts came in very handy. I think a sliding miter saw would have made the job much easier but I made due with a miter box and hand saw. I also borrowed a circular saw for the larger cuts. I used gift cards from my mother in law, sister in law, and grandmother to purchase all of the materials. It was more challenging than I anticipated, especially making the doors. It took me the majority of a Saturday to build the cabinet, and all of Sunday to build the 4 doors. My lovely wife painted like crazy on Monday and we finished the painting on Monday night. After the paint had some time to dry spent a good portion of Tuesday night hanging the doors.
Although the walls looked very straight, they most definitely are not. I measured twice each time to make sure everything would be straight. There was a difference of more than an inch from front to back and the width varied as much vertically. I was amazed at how crooked a wall could be, each measurement and cut was a little different.
We took pictures and sent them to my mother in law, sister in law, and grandmother thanking them for the Christmas present. They were excited and amazed. I don’t think they expected we would use their gift cards for something like this. The new storage space will go to good use but the best part is the great story we will have to go with it. For as long as we own our house, a part of it was an amazing gift from our family.
My wife and I have always wanted to do something with this small space in our dining room. My new Ryobi drill and impact driver that I received as a Christmas gifts came in very handy. I think a sliding miter saw would have made the job much easier but I made due with a miter box and hand saw. I also borrowed a circular saw for the larger cuts. I used gift cards from my mother in law, sister in law, and grandmother to purchase all of the materials. It was more challenging than I anticipated, especially making the doors. It took me the majority of a Saturday to build the cabinet, and all of Sunday to build the 4 doors. My lovely wife painted like crazy on Monday and we finished the painting on Monday night. After the paint had some time to dry spent a good portion of Tuesday night hanging the doors. Although the walls looked very straight, they most definitely are not. I measured twice each time to make sure everything would be straight. There was a difference of more than an inch from front to back and the width varied as much vertically. I was amazed at how crooked a wall could be, each measurement and cut was a little different. We took pictures and sent them to my mother in law, sister in law, and grandmother thanking them for the Christmas present. They were excited and amazed. I don’t think they expected we would use their gift cards for something like this. The new storage space will go to good use but the best part is the great story we will have to go with it. For as long as we own our house, a part of it was an amazing gift from our family.
