Basement Work - Part 8
Matt took some pictures of our progress this weekend, so I've got some new photos to post. Things are coming together nicely in the living room. We constructed the new tv stand on Friday night. I don't think I've shown pictures of it yet or talked about it. In October I made it my mission to find a new tv stand since we were running out of room in the old one and it was starting to sag in the middle. It was a cheapy stand that came with our TV so it was never meant to be a long term solution.
I picked out one I really liked at RacksandStands.com. I've never used this online company before and I was a little hesitant because they are a part of a 'chain' of online stores that are operated by one entity. However I read good reviews and they had a good sale going on at the time, so I ordered it. I also got $30 back from using Live Cashback to sweeten the deal. I ordered it on a Monday or Tuesday before they started work on the basement because on their website they stated the delivery time would be approximately 2-3 weeks. Well it ended up getting here on that Friday - so shipping was insanely fast and free to boot.
It was really heavy to lug down the stairs, but it took us about an hour or two to assemble it. A lot of it is not particle or MDF boards, but is a hardwood so it seems really durable. Here's a look at it before assembly:
Here's some more pictures of the speaker and ethernet installations:
We also got the couch moved downstairs and it is freshly vacuumed as well :) We're still fighting with the vinyl wallbase that won't stick to the walls. Matt got some more heavy-duty adhesive to try out, I'm hoping that will work. We also found a solution for finishing our cable pulls to the tv. We couldn't use the regular wall plates that came with speaker and ethernet jacks because of the concrete that was directly 1" behind the drywall. So we picked up some 'riser' boxes that are used with raceway installation that we'll use to give us some more room to work. They'll stick out a little from the wall, but the tv stand will cover that up.
Since the basement was almost complete we spent the rest of the weekend cleaning the house in preparation for guests. It really, really needed a thorough cleaning! I also got to rake leaves in the snow! Fun times when the NWS calls for light flurries and it turns to be an inch or so of fluffy snow. The outside of the house looks almost as nice as the inside now. The snow melted off completely on Sunday.
