Dueling DIY: I Work Out

It’s that time again for another kitchen update. And this time, it’s got something finished. The upper cabinet doors are now all hanging back up where they belong! :)

After working up a sweat in the kitchen (not cooking – Hell did not freeze over), I realized that I should probably start counting some of this DIY stuff as daily exercise. After all, I’m doing plenty of gym-like activities in here, such as:

Lunges (I’ve realized that since I don’t have a stack of paper towel rolls secure enough to support the door, holding things up with underutilized parts of my body is a good solution)…

Arm curls (the drill being wider than the cabinet makes screwing straight into the cabinet more difficult, which means trying a couple of times (I also have a flexible shaft driver, but unfortunately hasn’t been cooperating or making things any easier). And since I’m losing track of screws left and right – the damn magnetic bit holder I got isn’t quite doing its job yet – I’m doing a sufficient number of reps with each door)…

Feats of strength (aka hitting shit into submission with a rubber mallet)…

Stair climb (aka up and down the ladder)…

And losing my shit from broken and/or lost screws (snarling and throwing a fit burns calories, so that counts - right?).

Broken screw. This happened twice. I’m thinking of making them both into earrings.

Don’t believe me on that last one? Take a look at the evidence. That, my friends, is a screw that bounced its way between my counter and stove. If seeing that after standing on a counter for twenty minutes won’t make you sweat out of sheer frustration, I don’t know what will.

I get that from the outside looking in, it’s a lot funnier. Thanks, Carrie.

But after this wrestling match, I finally came out a champion. All of the upper doors are hung!

(about time I need to get some window treatments in here to filter that sunlight!)

Big-ass task off my to-do list? I’ll take it! I have one more coat to do on the fronts of each door, but I’m hugely relieved to no longer see the crap in my cabinets every day. And since we haven’t done this in a while, if you have your own kitchen updates to share, please feel free to link up!

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