Kitchen Before |
Kitchen Before |
Enter the Handy Man. From a referral from a friend, I contacted Mr Handyman and he was willing to come over and take a look. What I really liked from the beginning was, as we went over each task, he talked to me as if I could do it myself. "What you do is cut a small hole and insert a stud," or "you drill a couple of holes and use finishing nails".
Before Cabinet and Wine Rack |
Remember ABT and their expensive installation service? Mr Handyman knew how to do most of that as well. So when I bought the appliances, I decided that ABT could install the stove and the microhood, Mr Handyman and his crew could do the refrigerator and the dishwasher. My reasoning was that if worse came to worse, I could certainly figure out the dishwasher and the fridge on my own, or at least live a few days cleaning dishes manually and not having ice in the freezer.
After Cabinet and Wine Rack |
Luckily, the guys from ABT were not last in their class at Appliance Installation School They knew what they were doing and were able to remove the stove without breaking any tiles -- however ,they determined that they would have to remove some for the new microwave to open properly. Did i mention how lucky it was to have Mr Handyman right there!
So we had Mr Handyman:
- Hang a Cabinet and wine rack
- reinforce our curtain rod
- connect the butcher block top to the island
- cut and install the kickflap to the island
- connect the dishwasher
- connect the refrigerator
- hang a pot rack
- attempt to fix our accordion closet doors that won't stay shut
All for $390, materials included. It would have cost me $250 to have ABT install the fridge and dishwasher so for another buck fifty, I got so much more.
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