All base cabinets set, range installed

Today we set all the base cabinets and leveled and secured them to the wall/base. The shimming process for the cabinets on the platform we built was nothing (shim the platform, don't shim the cabinets). Installing the interior wall cabinets was another story. Shimming those to be level and even was a challenge, but not beyond what 70hack can accomplish.

Mikem is here this weekend, he did some childcare and installed the hardware on the Freedom Door (which is nice, we have been using the construction-period handle which was lame).

We are feeling like we did some progress. All the late nights roughing the electric in pays off. Everything ended up where it was supposed to, which was nice. Putting cabinets up in one day seems so much easier than pulling wire, insulating walls or installing drywall.

Here you can see the improved drywall compound we are using, their advertising slogan is "now with 50% more cat."

Clamping, drilling and fastening cabinets is serious business.

Here is a picture of a nifty extra we did with the cabinets. We have roll-out garbage and recycling cans in the base cabinets. Neat.

Part of the family of raccoons (from our tree) found their way into our sink base cabinet.

George checks out the cabinet before installation.

Some of you have asked why billn doesn't smile in pictures.

Here are the interior wall base cabinets. Nice.