Tuesday, March 07, 2006
New TownHouse Renovation - Day 9 (3.05.06)
Sunday
pics: Day 9 Photos
Sunday started out a little slow. We decided to pick up the cabinets before we finished the floor since we had the trailer and also since the floor was 3/4 done.
We have looked at a lot of cabinets and for our budget we decided to go with the Ikea stuff. It seemed to be just as well made as similar stuff from the big home improvement stores, but seemed nicer looking. So we decide to get to the Ikea early so that we can have them approve our design to make sure we didn't miss anything, then wait for them to pick the product from the stock room. One thing to remember about any large store in California on a weekend is that more than likely it will be the either the 9th or 10th circle of hell when you get there. Ikea was the 11th.
We waited for 2 hours for our order to get processed, all the while protecting our Ikea drone from the endless onslaught of questions from the drooling minions that slobbered their way over to her. Their system there is pretty damn stupid. She takes our order, and then proceeds to enter it in their computer system. Which happens to be be in the middle of the sales floor. So every leg draggin’ yahoo in the s. cal area keeps coming up and interrupting her. So we decide to form a defensive barrier around her for the duration of the sale. Rena and I making out on one side, and Bob talking about his genitals on the other. That kept most of the slackjaws at bay.
So we finally get the order processed, wait in line to pay, wait in line to tell the customer pickup department to process our order and then head out for lunch.
We hit Lowe's for some cabinet hanging items, then back to our apartment to wait for the Ikea call. Rena heads over to the new place to prep the kitchen for install so Bob and I don't have to drive the Jeep and trailer all the way to Pasadena.
Ikea eventually calls and we head over. What greets us are 3 huge carts packed to the rim with cabinet parts. I am regretting this already. It takes us about half an hour to load the trailer, and we are on our way. We don't want to take the freeway, so it takes us about 45 minutes to drive from Burbank to Pasadena. What a joyous trip.
We arrive, unload the trailer, and begin to finish the floor. Rena helps out for a bit, but has to leave to go get ready for an interview that she has on Monday. We finish the floor and decide to call it a night.
pics: Day 9 Photos
Sunday started out a little slow. We decided to pick up the cabinets before we finished the floor since we had the trailer and also since the floor was 3/4 done.
We have looked at a lot of cabinets and for our budget we decided to go with the Ikea stuff. It seemed to be just as well made as similar stuff from the big home improvement stores, but seemed nicer looking. So we decide to get to the Ikea early so that we can have them approve our design to make sure we didn't miss anything, then wait for them to pick the product from the stock room. One thing to remember about any large store in California on a weekend is that more than likely it will be the either the 9th or 10th circle of hell when you get there. Ikea was the 11th.
We waited for 2 hours for our order to get processed, all the while protecting our Ikea drone from the endless onslaught of questions from the drooling minions that slobbered their way over to her. Their system there is pretty damn stupid. She takes our order, and then proceeds to enter it in their computer system. Which happens to be be in the middle of the sales floor. So every leg draggin’ yahoo in the s. cal area keeps coming up and interrupting her. So we decide to form a defensive barrier around her for the duration of the sale. Rena and I making out on one side, and Bob talking about his genitals on the other. That kept most of the slackjaws at bay.
So we finally get the order processed, wait in line to pay, wait in line to tell the customer pickup department to process our order and then head out for lunch.
We hit Lowe's for some cabinet hanging items, then back to our apartment to wait for the Ikea call. Rena heads over to the new place to prep the kitchen for install so Bob and I don't have to drive the Jeep and trailer all the way to Pasadena.
Ikea eventually calls and we head over. What greets us are 3 huge carts packed to the rim with cabinet parts. I am regretting this already. It takes us about half an hour to load the trailer, and we are on our way. We don't want to take the freeway, so it takes us about 45 minutes to drive from Burbank to Pasadena. What a joyous trip.
We arrive, unload the trailer, and begin to finish the floor. Rena helps out for a bit, but has to leave to go get ready for an interview that she has on Monday. We finish the floor and decide to call it a night.
# posted by Tony Starr @ 9:18 AM 
