#kitchen+remodeling

I bought my fixer-upper house back in March. So back when I booked my trip with my family for the end of September, I couldn’t have foreseen that my new cabinets were going to get installed when I was on the trip.

But no problem, because Jim stayed home and he could supervise. I left him and the contractor a full layout of exactly how I wanted the cabinets done, detailed pages with exact specifications, plus I was available if there were questions.

I got home and I was exhausted, but I wanted to go over and see my new kitchen and yeah, it looked pretty good. The upper cabinets were still being installed. My focus and attention was on the fact that the cabinets did not go all the way to the ceiling, and how it was going to look with multiple crown moldings.

I was so jet lagged that I t didn’t occur to me to check the install against the design plan.

Finally, yesterday, after the countertop installers had left, I stood back and looked at my new kitchen as a whole. And realized that the lower cabinets on the wall had not been installed the way I had designed them.

I had wanted them to be [large door] [small pullout] {range} [small pullout] [large door] so that it would be symmetrical.

What I got was [large door] [small pullout] {range} [large door] [small pullout]

Not the same

And I had missed it.

And now it was too late.

Sigh.

Then, after far too long of trying to explain to Jim what was wrong, to the point that we were both getting annoyed with each other, his response was “So what?” Aargh.

Yeah, I get it. So what? It’s not the end of the world. I know. I know. No one else will even notice that it isn’t symmetrical. I’m certainly not going to flip out and insist they fix it.

But please don’t minimize this. I have a right to get upset. I will see it every time I look at it. It’s not what I designed. It is not what I wanted.

Of course I’ll get used to it. I’m sure I can laugh it off to people as I didn’t want it to look too symmetrical.

But at the end of the day, I left Jim and the contractor with the responsibility of installing the cabinets the way I had designed them and they didn’t do it.

And instead of saying, “Sorry”, Jim said, “So what?”

What am I expected to do with that?

I will acknowledge that I have made multiple mistakes trying to remodel this house. In hindsight, I really should have spent the money on a professional who could have managed this for me.

But I didn’t expect to leave my husband with the responsibility of overseeing an important step, only to discover that he just didn’t care enough to make sure it was done the way I wanted.

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Let’s say this - I love Parker/Knight relationship really almost like protective daughter/father, I really like evolution of Parker/Torres friendship seems to me like older/younger brother relationship and then it’s Tim McGee and I have to say They have their special moments with Parker espacially when it’s about marriage.

Here is the one about remodeling kitchen😄🤭🙈

Tim McGee: “What?”

Parker: “Me and my ex that remodel ones.”

Tim McGee: “Yeah? What happened?”

Parker: “We got divorced!”

I LOVE this program I get to use at work!!! It's called Home Designer Pro and this kitchen design was basically my crash course. The client loves it, I'm so happy 🥹

Edit:

Oh ffs I have the wrong floor on there ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ

Edit edit:

Maybe this time get one that isn't in an irregular polygon configuration.