The Lost Post
On July 28 I took photos of my new computer center and was preparing to share them in a post. Events unfolded and in the process of moving my computer I hooked up a more powerful power supply to my USB hub effectively disabling my digital camera, hub, and scanner. Finally, the ordeal is over and after only $168 to repair the camera, everything else was replaced new at no cost to me. I have praised Canon for their customer support. The only thing I can fault them on is they sent me the wrong USB cable for my camera. Once I notified them of this, they sent me the correct one FedEx overnight.
Now where was I? Oh yes, the computer center. I have had a vision of what I wanted for some time. The furniture offerings at Office Depot and other places were not what I liked. A built in model is what I decided on and even though it was considerably more expensive, I really like the way it came out.
This first photo is of the space I had to work with. The carpet was cut out and tile was put down to set off the area and allow an office chair to roll about.
The next step was to go to Home Depot and purchase the cabinets. We bought cabinets matching the ones we put in the kitchen three years ago. I had a basic design roughed out and Home Depot drew the final plans. I had an installer already so I talked with him about adding more power outlets, more pone jacks, lighting above and below the cabinets, and a wall switch to control the lights.
Voila, here is the finished product. I wound up getting a granite countertop. The installer knew a guy who knew a guy. . . You can't really see the color in this photo, but the countertop is dark green with gold flakes in the marble like finish.
All moved in. I am still trying to figure out what to put where, but I really love the new space. I have lots of storage, more counter space, plenty of outlets, and it looks so much nicer than before. Now all I have to do is pay for all of it.
It took some time to do all of this. If you have ever had any remodeling done, you know how little things cause delays of weeks. But that is all a memory now and I have a nice place to compute.
Until the next time
John Strain