In the "Comment: section" of the last post our friend "D" commented, "That closet is AWESOME. Did you design it or did you use something like ClosetMaid?
Kari designed it with the help of IKEA. We talked about it for a long time and we decided that if we were going to do it, it would be a dream closet. She got an IKEA catalog and studied it and went through about 43 ka-gillion revisions and then she got on the computer/phone and found out which stores had which pieces.
We then had an IKEA day where we went to three different S. Cal. IKEAs and brought it all home in my truck. We also picked up about a ton of garden rocks. Needless to say the truck was VERY top-heavy that night. We (with the help of our young friend Emery) unloaded everything into the garage. The INSTANT the contractor put the finishing touches on the closet we started pushing him out the door, The we started dragging stuff in and building. It took about 15 hours total over three days. We then sat on the floor and enjoyed our handy-work. We invite people to see our remodel. The men all look at the entertainment alcove and the ladies all head straight to the closet. Whoever said men are from Mars and women are from Venus really hit the nail on the head.
The most amazing thing about the closet project is my darling wife. We built the closet in the highest part of summer heat, shoulder to shoulder, sweating like a couple of pigs...and we didn't exchange a single cross word to each other. She's an amazing woman. She'd catch my mistakes and I'd catch hers....Then we'd laugh and fix it.
Life is sweet with Kari. :-)
What an amazing woman that I'm married to.
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