We decided to stack the cabinets, and all we had to do after they were hung was drill new holes for the knobs on the bottom set, as they needed to be at the top of the door. Well, I take that back, because we still need to adjust the doors a bit, but I have to say, it was nice, in the midst of all the renovation mess, to be able to straighten up the garage a bit over the weekend:
I say straighten in the loosest sense of the word...everything not on the shelves or in the cabinets either belongs inside the house, or is on deck for our garage sale.
We also got more storage in the garage - and, well, less in the laundry room - by changing up the plan for the laundry room cabinets. Originally we were going to have both of them raised to ceiling height and then have a short bar for hanging clothes below one. But we replaced our old washer and dryer recently and the new set is bigger, so there wouldn't have been a lot of space between the washer and the wall for hanging clothes. I happened to see a picture of our neighbor's laundry room when they put their house on the market, and they had a single cabinet, with a shelf and a longer bar, hung higher, so that's what we decided to do.
So that meant we got another cabinet for the garage:
It's in the background, behind the dishwasher, stove, washer, and dryer.
Cleaning supplies plus lesser-used items (like Goo Gone)are stored in here. We're going to hang the Swiffer mop, a broom, and a long duster underneath it.
We ended up hanging the white cabinet ourselves, and bought a couple of much-needed tools to do so. First, we bought a new level, because Jeff's old level was about a hundred years old and so hard to read that every time we'd be working on a project where he wanted me to read the level, old blindy here would get frustrated. I'm not exaggerating - see for yourself:
The dye in the level liquid had turned clear a long time ago.
We ended up buying this one:
It's a Johnson 24 inch Level and Tool (affiliate link). I liked it because the liquid vials were larger than some; Jeff liked it for that, plus the viewing window from above was generous.
Do you like how I'm showing you levels on a not-level item?
The other tool that we bought, and sometimes I wonder about us - why do we go so long without some things - was an electronic stud finder:
It's the Zircon center-finding stud sensor (affiliate link). Weirdly enough they also sell edge-finding stud sensors, but we figured knowing where the center of the stud was would be a better bet for hanging heavy items.
This thing not only found the studs, but also alerted Jeff to wires in the wall by way of showing a lightening bolt symbol, which he noticed that pop up on the screen and then glanced down and sure enough, there was an electrical outlet close to the floor.
By the way, Jeff saw the picture of the stud finder and asked me where I found that background - it's the current kitchen floor! Bare concrete after tile and thinset have been chipped away. Looks interesting in a close up shot, but not so much in a full shot:
Soon...very soon you will be covered up with beautiful tile.
Have a great weekend!
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