I typed this up. Long and complicated.
Then it vanished.
I am not pleased...
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When last we left our heroine's kitchen, the design was about 75% planned out - there was still some fine-tuning left to do, but the basic design was set. The price was agreed upon, the money was located, everything was in the works and looking promising.
There were no decisions made yet about door styles and stain colors, several elements needed adjusted, but the nuts and bolts were in place.
The flooring is still a big question, as one possibility was decided upon, but has since been ruled out as "not quite right."
But it was on the way.
I was getting quite hopeful that it would be done before Easter.
Disaster struck, in the form of an idiot, who not only underhandedly eliminated the guy we were working with, but replaced him with a man from who I would be hard-pressed to accept a drink of water from in the desert.
Note that I said hard-pressed - having actually BEEN to the desert, I would take the water. I am not totally stupid.
However, while they matter a great deal to me, the cabinets are not exactly a matter of life and death.
So I am back to square one. Armed with the original design as a starting point, I have looked high and low. I have gone online to look at a dizzying array of offerings, I got the booklets from Menards and today I decided to stop and get one from Home Depot when I drove past there, as long as I was in the neighborhood. I had tried to use their "easy on line kitchen design tool" and it was a total fail.
Zip.
Zero
Zilch
So I figured a paper booklet would be a better choice anyway. I like paper
Because each company has different options available, I will need to put together the best possible combo from each company and compare them to see who can come closest to my "dream kitchen." I only get one shot at this, so I want to do it right. I put up with my old "designed by a blind drunk who clearly had never once cooked anything" kitchen for 34 years, and I do not want to make a massive mistake and end up with another horrible kitchen that does not function properly. I want an amazing kitchen that is easy to use.
So I am trying to dot all my "I"s an cross all my "t"s ...
Which takes us to today's visit to Home Depot.
There was only one young woman working in the kitchen department, and she was busy assisting a gentleman ordering a countertop. So I looked around for the booklets. I found the "fashion book" that shows assorted door styles and color choices, but did not find anything to show the nuts and bolts.
She looked up and said "I cannot help you, because I am going to lunch when I finish this. I am already behind schedule. You have to come back in an hour."
Ummmm...no. "I was just looking for the booklet that shows the cabinet innards. I found the fashion book, but I did not find the one to show what is available for inside the cabinets."
"Those are not for customers. I have those in MY book. But that is my book. Not for customers. You have to work with us to see those. That is what we are here for."
Ummm - right after you tell me to go away and come back at your convenience?
I don't think so.
Total fail.
Sorry, Home Depot, you lose.
I operate under the theory I am not going to beg somebody to take my money. There are plenty of people who actually WANT my money, so I do not think I need to beg somebody to please take it from me.
In my mind, when I am looking at spending a serious chunk-o-change, they really ought to be courting me.
Not telling me to go away because I am interfering with your lunch break.
I am sure I will find some nice happy person to relieve me of my money. Sooner or later.
Then it vanished.
I am not pleased...
-
When last we left our heroine's kitchen, the design was about 75% planned out - there was still some fine-tuning left to do, but the basic design was set. The price was agreed upon, the money was located, everything was in the works and looking promising.
There were no decisions made yet about door styles and stain colors, several elements needed adjusted, but the nuts and bolts were in place.
The flooring is still a big question, as one possibility was decided upon, but has since been ruled out as "not quite right."
But it was on the way.
I was getting quite hopeful that it would be done before Easter.
Disaster struck, in the form of an idiot, who not only underhandedly eliminated the guy we were working with, but replaced him with a man from who I would be hard-pressed to accept a drink of water from in the desert.
Note that I said hard-pressed - having actually BEEN to the desert, I would take the water. I am not totally stupid.
However, while they matter a great deal to me, the cabinets are not exactly a matter of life and death.
So I am back to square one. Armed with the original design as a starting point, I have looked high and low. I have gone online to look at a dizzying array of offerings, I got the booklets from Menards and today I decided to stop and get one from Home Depot when I drove past there, as long as I was in the neighborhood. I had tried to use their "easy on line kitchen design tool" and it was a total fail.
Zip.
Zero
Zilch
So I figured a paper booklet would be a better choice anyway. I like paper
Because each company has different options available, I will need to put together the best possible combo from each company and compare them to see who can come closest to my "dream kitchen." I only get one shot at this, so I want to do it right. I put up with my old "designed by a blind drunk who clearly had never once cooked anything" kitchen for 34 years, and I do not want to make a massive mistake and end up with another horrible kitchen that does not function properly. I want an amazing kitchen that is easy to use.
So I am trying to dot all my "I"s an cross all my "t"s ...
Which takes us to today's visit to Home Depot.
There was only one young woman working in the kitchen department, and she was busy assisting a gentleman ordering a countertop. So I looked around for the booklets. I found the "fashion book" that shows assorted door styles and color choices, but did not find anything to show the nuts and bolts.
She looked up and said "I cannot help you, because I am going to lunch when I finish this. I am already behind schedule. You have to come back in an hour."
Ummmm...no. "I was just looking for the booklet that shows the cabinet innards. I found the fashion book, but I did not find the one to show what is available for inside the cabinets."
"Those are not for customers. I have those in MY book. But that is my book. Not for customers. You have to work with us to see those. That is what we are here for."
Ummm - right after you tell me to go away and come back at your convenience?
I don't think so.
Total fail.
Sorry, Home Depot, you lose.
I operate under the theory I am not going to beg somebody to take my money. There are plenty of people who actually WANT my money, so I do not think I need to beg somebody to please take it from me.
In my mind, when I am looking at spending a serious chunk-o-change, they really ought to be courting me.
Not telling me to go away because I am interfering with your lunch break.
I am sure I will find some nice happy person to relieve me of my money. Sooner or later.