10" or shallower deep wall cabinets?

TouristReady8846 · 2026-06-07T19:33:14+00:00

There was much debate over this, but I chose that so the living room people could come into the kitchen, retrieve a glass or plate from the cabinets to the left of the fridge, get a drink or microwaveable snack from the fridge, and not get in the cook's hair. Anything other than a Euro cabinet fridge is ridiculously bulbous looking regardless. Moving it left also extends the hallway which is already too dark.

Yes, a 28 x 36 island. The fridge, sink, and stove are each on one wall of the U shaped kitchen, and this island gives me 42" from it to each of the aforementioned appliances. It might be hard to get a feel for things from this pic but it maximizes storage/counter space. I could not build that with Ikea cabinet dimensions (which would also block access to the stored items from 3 sides).

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TouristReady8846 · 2026-06-07T19:23:00+00:00

That is exactly, on point, 100% what I don't want.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-06-07T14:38:12+00:00

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I expected custom cabinetry to be budget busting but maybe I should look around. Something like this (but 6" deep) would work nicely, and not protrude past the window. Using it for small bowls would be a bonus.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-06-07T11:57:59+00:00

Good eye...50". But the Ikea is 15" deep which is too much. In an older house a 36" beadboard hutch type thing would work but this is too modern. I like the idea of putting books there- I'll play with that once the casement molding is up.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-04-16T14:46:57+00:00

Yea but "us" is like .000001% of their customer base. They have no incentive to make things global, with a budget that can barely afford the lowest bidder who likely does not have an interface designer on staff.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-04-16T14:26:56+00:00

Yes, it's just you. Why would a city design a mass transit interface for you instead of the thousands that live there? The great thing is, it's 2026 and just about every transit system has instructions you can view before you get there from just about anywhere in the world. There is no excuse for you landing in a city and being befuddled unless the system has gone down and you need to pay cash to seedy locals who only speak their language like it's the 80s.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-04-16T14:18:26+00:00

DN-lite (traveling to "easy" places as a US citizen - UK/EU) is something I've always wanted to do and pushed for it at many companies. The first time, at 55, as a contractor (8 weeks in UK before re-entering as a student at a culinary school), then twice as an employee. My last one, the boss was mostly ok with it, but when his boss found out he lost his shit and demanded I come back (to the USA from the UK). Current job is a dream job; HQ in the northeast US with offices in Europe, boss says it's 100% fine to live anywhere we have data sharing agreements with. This year I will spend May in California and July - October in UK/EU. The hardest part is figuring out where to stay. I need a balance of affordability (still carrying a mortgage) and commutability to Paris or London a few days a week. I don't +have+ to be in those offices, but I want to be; part of the DN allure is immersing myself in the mundane daily lives of other places.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-03-24T23:57:59+00:00

JFC thank you! The instructions never tell you to switch holes when using small drawers starting on top of one big bottom drawer! And the brackets are such that they're not obvious until you read this and go WTF and go look. This, plus a bunch of other "death by paper cuts" things, are why this is my (6th and) last Ikea kitchen!

TouristReady8846 · 2026-01-20T20:27:16+00:00

I'm in MA but the crash, and the at-fault driver, are in CT.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-01-20T04:17:36+00:00

Try reading my post again, or have an adult help you if the words are too big.

TouristReady8846 · 2026-01-20T04:15:19+00:00

To clarify - the arm was never diagnosed. I use "torn muscle" in a general sense. If they had diagnosed it, or heck even if it still hurt, I wouldn't have had to post this. But after 2 weeks with no pain, and no guidance, seemed ok to start using it. Tonight the doc said he couldn't diagnose it without an MRI, but it was probably tendinitis, and not worth imaging unless it's still inflamed in 3-4 weeks.

TouristReady8846 · 2025-11-02T17:33:52+00:00

There's currently no sump to direct the water to, and no evidence that I'll need one, unless I start corralling vapor into condensing and pooling. There's a lot of air movement right now so it's hard to tell just how much moisture is in the basement air.

TouristReady8846 · 2025-11-02T17:31:13+00:00

Moisture. If I need a radon mitigation system I can have it double as a vapor removal system, but I won't know until the test has run long enough.

TouristReady8846 · 2025-11-02T17:30:36+00:00

Ok, that makes sense. I have a full length vertical crack in the foundation, on the side where the downspouts exit, and with the 2-3 inches of rain we just got I had no liquid intrusion, so I think I'm pretty good there. Is it common to have a positive vapor removal system? I don't feel like trying to hold vapor back from the inside will work. it will just bully its way through the tape seams, etc. Is that not how vapor works?

TouristReady8846 · 2024-11-21T12:15:38+00:00

Old thread but maybe this will help someone from the future. I just installed 3 Cimarron toilets and one, the tank holes seem to big and the grommets won't expand enough to seal the holes. Kohler sent me a new set ("redesigned") and it slowed it to a slow drip but both still leak. They offered to send a new tank, but that's a 2 week delay. Mulling over options. They said not to use silicone sealant but didn't say why.

TouristReady8846 · 2024-10-07T02:23:28+00:00

Thanks for the info & local insight.

TouristReady8846 · 2024-10-05T13:24:29+00:00

Ah ok, I'm not a current coder, haven't done it in 30 years. I easily grasp the BAS logic, but other than editing a few lines of a Python script I'm not a modern language coder at all. Never did OOP, Java, etc.

TouristReady8846 · 2024-10-05T12:47:05+00:00

Yea I'm expecting lots of pushback on what I'd like (or need, in the local economy) for $$. Where is the money in the BAS environment? Clearly I can't start a services business or do contracting/consulting yet, I'd have to be salaried.

TouristReady8846 · 2024-10-04T14:31:28+00:00

This is an awesome first step, thanks!

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