Moving cabinets and doors (Day 410)

We've been storing the kitchen cabinets (Kitchen and Bath Studio) and the interior doors (Carls) in the rental house garage since early summer. Now its time to reclaim the garage and move it all up to the new house. Its been cold and snowy of late, so getting the cars back in the garage would be a real plus. The weather looked dry for Saturday, so we decided to do it before the next Pacific flyer arrived (every 3-4 days it seems).

Brian (trim carpenter) borrowed his buddy's truck and big trailer for the job. We have about 25 boxes of cabinets, another 14 packages of trim pieces, and 15 doors (five with glass), so the job took five round-trips. We'll start by placing the interior doors where the underlying flooring is already installed (wood), then go to the kitchen cabinets, probably after Christmas. The remaining doors will have to wait until the tile is laid in the bathrooms and the cork planks are placed in the pantry. We spent last Monday in Seattle at Dal Tile and brought home the first batch of samples. If picking out the counter tops is any indication, this may take a several trips since we're just starting looking for tile. This exercise ranks up there with picking out wall paper, and is just slightly above having a root canal. I guess that's why people hire interior designers—to make these decisions and take the blame if things don't work out.