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Entertainment Center!

February 14th, 2011 · 10 Comments

Today Carl the carpenter brought all the pieces of the entertainment center that he has been building for the past 3 months. He only had a small trailer, so he had to bring it piece-by-piece, and it was too late to start assembly today.

Right now all the pieces are standing behind the sofa in the family room. Carl has promised to come back bright and early tomorrow and assemble it.

When it is assembled it will be 84″ tall, 16 feet wide and have a large space in the middle for our big screen TV. On the sides are spaces for the speakers and drawers for about 1500 DVDs or a smaller number of VHS tapes. It includes a cabinet for Gisele’s ironing board (she likes to iron while watching TV), and lots of other space.

Once this is installed, we won’t have any excuses any more for not completing the unpacking from the flood, darn it.

I’ll post pictures tomorrow after it is assembled.

Tags: Family Updates

10 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Richard // Feb 14, 2011 at 6:48 pm

    I assume this post was for all of us who were told that it would be installed a couple months ago. I know that’s what you were told too. Based on this history, I have no illusions that it will actually be installed tomorrow, but it would be a nice surprise if it really happens. Regardless, I know you will enjoy it whenever it is finally finished.

  • 2 Mom // Feb 15, 2011 at 8:53 am

    Thank goodness! Now I will have a reason to insist that I come to your home just to “Oh-h-h-h and Ah-h-h”.

  • 3 Daryl // Feb 15, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    They got here bright and early this morning and have been installing it all day. It is going to be beautiful.
    I’m inserting a picture here of the installation. It was too dark for my phone, but you can see that it is really happening!

  • 4 Donna // Feb 15, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    Wow! Cool!! Will it be wall to wall when it’s all done? It’s beautiful. Can’t wait to see the finished product.

  • 5 Dale // Feb 15, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    I was the first to see it installed! Daryl was after parts at Home Depot and Gisele was at a meeting as they set up the final module. It is beautiful!

  • 6 Richard // Feb 15, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    You can thank me for it finally getting done today. If I hadn’t been so skeptical it would not have happened. I’m looking forward to seeing it when we get there.

  • 7 Daryl // Feb 15, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    Donna, it is wall-to-wall.

    It’s almost complete, but there are a few minor items they didn’t get finished — the crown molding, the kick panel at the bottom, the glass doors over the components, a few other minor things, but I got the TV and everything all set up and working tonight.

    They should be back on Thursday to finish up (I’ll be out all day tomorrow, so that’s why it’s delayed a day).

  • 8 Mom // Feb 16, 2011 at 10:40 am

    Did they say which Thursday? After all the length of time, I wouldn’t hold my breath. It’s great already.

  • 9 Daryl // Feb 19, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    It is nearly, nearly done. One of the doors is slightly warped, so they are warping it back to straight. And the lazy-susan for the TV is not done yet.

    But really, it’s just about there.

  • 10 Don // Feb 20, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    Nice!