So there's been some setbacks in the Great Summer Project of 2010. First, Lowe's couldn't match the color (the placemat was too reflective), so I had to break out a color wheel and go with what looked closest. (Pineapple Mousse, in case you were wondering.) Then IKEA rudely discontinued the doors I was going to use. There were as of last night approximately 10 left in the entire United States. This apparently caused quite the run on my back-up choice as it too is unavailable with an estimated availability date of "unknown." So now I'm going down to talk to an IKEA associate to see if they can order from other stores or at least tell me when the ($30 more) back-up doors will be back in stock. I can order them online of course, if I'm willing to pay $100 delivery fee for $70 doors. (Hint: I am not. I'm not really even pleased with $70 doors, when my first choice was a more reasonable $40.) Finally, the side I had a little trouble with the primer on but didn't bother fixing it because that was going to be the side that didn't show? Yeah, that's totally the side that's going to show and it's the only part I screwed up on.
In positive news, I have been bravely forging ahead nonetheless. The bookshelf has been disassembled, primed, and painted completely with one coat. I am now off to a different Lowe's to get another sample-size jar of Pineapple Mousse for coat #2.
Oh, and I forgot to take pictures.
1 comment:
Yeah, $100 delivery fee is pretty bad.
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