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July 13, 2005
Derek, Handyman Extraordinaire
The expert Russian furniture movers said it could not be done. They tried to move the desk in to the tiny little second bedroom without success. Enter Derek. Derek suggested last night that, if we do various things to the door and the desk with tools, we might fit the desk into the little room. I was very skeptical. I stuck to my more straightforward unpacking tasks and said things like, "If you break this desk, you have to find another one EXACTLY like it or [vague threat with raised eyebrows and threatening look]." The desk is the size of Montana and the doorway to the little room is tough to maneuver around, so I really didn't think there was much of a chance. Besides, by last night I was finally coming around the idea of the desk-as-cookbook-shelf-near-the-kitchen.
Turns out there are obvious things you can do when faced with this problem, like, say, taking a door off its hinges to gain an extra inch or so of room. These are the sorts of things you learn about when you have a house, I think, or move 10 times in the space of a decade. I knew about this, but the thought never really crossed my mind in connection with the desk problem.
Secondly, furniture is sometimes constructed with moving in mind. My desk is one of those old hulking library desks made of oak, so I really didn't think it would have any handy Ikea-like components, but it did. There are quaint looking (and rusted) screws holding the top of the desk to the bottom. I had seen the metal anchors holding the screws in place, but again -- I thought, "cool, old metal things" and didn't realize that they actually had a purpose.
So D hammered and unscrewed things and we barely managed to squeeze the thing through the door, and now I'm sitting in my own little office, working on the Mac on the desk. End of inspirational moving story.
On to other things of interest. With a working computer and internet connection, I finally managed to post the July 4th photos from up north. Since my photos of people are notoriously bad, I stuck to pictures of things that don't move or have a camera face.
We spent last weekend in Cape Cod -- should have a few photos of inanimate objects from that trip up soon as well, in addition to an account of our side-trip to Stew Leonard's, the Disneyworld of grocery stores.
Possible things to do this week: The Brooklyn Philharmonic will be at the Prospect Park Bandshell this Saturday, and Calexico is playing at Castle Clinton in Battery Park this Thursday.
Posted by csageday at July 13, 2005 12:29 AM