I am doing a happy, happy dance. Sooooo happy. Shall I tell you why? I think I shall. I will keep dancing as I tell you.
Katherine and I have become denizens of a particular blog, called Brownstoner, that has a particularly good forum. We're both a little addicted - lots of good info from people who are doing the same kind of thing we're doing, and some entertaining characters as well.
Saturday I was trolling the forum and found a post for.....
(breathless anticipatory hush)
FREE CABINETS!
The first brilliant amazing thing is that they came out of a space that is the exact same shape as our kitchen-to-be, and are just 2 linear feet less than the space we have. Their original layout was almost identical to the layout we're going to use. The second brilliant amazing thing is that they are high-quality Quaker Maid cabinets with plywood boxes and solid wood doors - not crappy MDF. The third brilliant amazing thing is that they are pretty much exactly what we would have bought if we were buying new - simple paint-grade raised panels. We'd have spent about $4k if we'd bought these new.
Happy happy happy kitchen dance!
They need some cleaning up, and probably a paint job, which is a non-trivial task but one we're looking forward to. They're 20 years old, but they've got another 20 good years in them if we treat them kindly. They were built to last. We'll build a pantry to fill up the last 24" for a fraction of what we'd otherwise pay for cabinetry.
(dance-y dance-y dance!)
(Did I mention that we've spent somewhat more money than we'd hoped on the tenant's apartment, and were sweating it a bit about what we were going to do with our own? Did we also mention that we don't actually have tenants yet and are a little nervous about that money situation as well?)
So a big shout-out to Helen and Mark in Cobble Hill who totally made our day/week/month. This happy happy happy kitchen dance is dedicated to you!
(tra lalalala keeeeetchen!)
