Alright. Measured, constructed, remeasured, trimmed, reconstructed. These babies are ready to be put in place!
After much shimmying and sliding and pushing and perhaps a few choice phrases muttered under our breath, they both finally squeezed into place. Phew!
Once they were secured to the studs in the walls behind them, the built-ins were ready for some finishing to make them look like they belong there. We wanted to continue the chair-rail and crown molding from the rest of the room, but to make it all flow, we first had to add some 1x2s around the perimeter of the face.
Oh what the moldings and a little primer can do!
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They're beautiful! They still need paint (and to be filled with books!!!!), but we're very pleased with how they (finally) turned out. Now just imagine the pile of laminate flooring and sundry boxes aren't in the way, and it's actually starting to look like a living room from this century!
For those who haven't seen them, here are the before pictures:
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