Armoire
I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend. We did.
Our home is in a constant state of disarray these days. The kitchen is almost finished, but we've decided we want to do the glazing we did on the walls on the ceiling too. Sadly, we haven't found the energy to get up there and do it yet. We gained a bedroom recently when the oldest son moved out and we've picked up a few new pieces of furniture. One of the new things (at least to us) is an old armoire we bought to put the bedroom tv in.
It was unloaded in our bedroom and I had been running into it in the dark for a week, so yesterday we finally got it in place. Our tv had been on one of those RTA stand things, ugly as sin but strong. We researched the best way to beef up the old armoire to hold the tv and have plans to totally line it and reinforce it with plywood inside, but after some measuring we realized we could fit the stand thing we already had inside it. So off to Lowe's we went. For now John got the floor lined and strong and we just set the little center inside. The back of the armoire is really thin and we knew that all those cords and cables running through a simple hole would quickly split it, so after searching through plumbing flanges and other nifty hardware we found these neat brass things that normally go around doorknobs. He drilled the hole and then adhered these on both the inside and outside. It looks _really_ nice.
Since the armoire is not in it's final place and I may refinish it, I needed a way that I could move it. I've always seen those furniture mover things that depict a woman moving a fridge with one finger and we bought some. They work! Maybe not with one finger, but I can slide that heavy armoire easily. They were only about $3.50 for four and come in all sizes. Next time I'm there, I intend to pick up several sets. Imagine being able to move furniture when and where you want without a guy!
A big hug for the Puter Ho and all the hard work he has done for me lately. I'm sure I'll still find a use for him now that I don't need him to move furniture.