Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Long Weekend Project One: LaundryWe had a long weekend for the 90th ANZAC Day & we managed to get a lot done!! Kris didn't have to work on Sat again & we found some linen cabinets at Bunnings & got that done! So, linen has an overhead cabinet with Gloss White doors & we decided not to put any handles on there. The base cabinet has a lot to be done though. It's still just a base cos the hardware store didn't have another Gloss White door in the size we want, the Black Granite Marble benchtop was out of stock as well!! So, we had that ordered last nite cos the Order Counter was closed over the long weekend (& all weekends, for that matter!!) & was told that the manufacturer somehow had problems with supplying that particular benchtop!! Well, they used it on every catalogue they printed... of course it's going to be popular!! DUH!!!
Anyway, we had stuff in those cabinets & I've already started using it cos I had to do the washings on Monday... It was fun being able to open an overhead cabinet. You don't know how the simplest things could pleasure u the most!!
And becos the base cabinet has got no doors & benchtop, we have a gaping hole in that corner of the laundry room... which was not unlike the way it used to be before!! But, we could see possibilities... Yeah, and that's what sparked me wanting a frontloader washing machine really bad!!! Cos my design was to get the 1200mm long benchtop to cover all the way to the wash basin. And with our current free 10yo toploader, we can't fit it under the benchtop!! We HAVE to get that frontloader....
Oooohhh... plus frontloaders use about 2/3 lesser water than all other washing machines... We'll be saving water & $$$ in the long run!! We should help our environment, I say... and if in the process we save our pocket, why not?! Well, it's already on my wishlist... amongst others. ~gleefully clapping in excitement~
Long Weekend Project Two: Pickets
Putting up 3 posts to make a fence & a gate on the side of the shed & our house took only the entire Monday!! Why took such a long time, u may ask? Well, cos there's 3 different surfaces to attach the posts to. The first to be fixed was to the wall of our brick house & that was up in no time at all. It already had a paved base & the bricks, being fixed & sturdy would be the support for the swinging gate.
The second post would be fixed to the shed's metal walls. Drill bits had to be changed whenever we drilled the metal, the piece of hard metal strip frame supporting the shed from inside & for the jarrah wood! And becos there is no paved base of the size we need, we'll have to cement the base. But we can't do that till all the posts are in. So, we had a piece hanging up against that post.
The third post had to be longer cos it has to be buried at least 600mm deep into the ground. Getting the sand out of the ground & hammering it into the thick clay in the deeper end took forever. It was also more difficult becos we have to make sure that it doesn't run too much away from the correctly measured position or we'll have empty picket slots!!! Anyway, it was already dinner time when Kris finally finished that entire bag of cement to hold the last post in! Within 1hr, the cement set & we were able to remove all the other restrains.
If u come over to my place right now, it's a complete mess!! We have a car used for spares (we shld really throw it out!!) in the side verge, 3 wooden posts sticking out from the ground, a disastrous backyard & a half-made laundry room!! Well, all in good time...
