This weekend was well spent. A good portion of our renovation project is complete. We put together the wall unit from a million pieces that it came as into a single solid system. It took a lot of work, but it’s all done. It came out better than we expected and it’s as custom as it can be. We added a lot additional support parts and cut a bunch of paths for wire management.
We also bought a new TV and wired everything up — video, audio, network. And out of all the wiring there is only one wire actually visible and that will be corrected in the near future. We were also happy to get rid of our old open bar and move our vast alcohol reserves behind the glass.
The TV that we decided to go with is Samsung LN46B750. It’s a 46″ non-LED LCD panel with 240Hz refresh rate and 1080p resolution. After doing a lot of reading this is simply the best LCD available as far as non LED screens go. It is also better than latest Samsung edge-lit LED screens. And actual back-lit LED screens cost twice as much and in my opinion are just not worth it. Either way, I’ve been tweaking the settings on the TV and we’re pretty happy with the end result.More updates will follow as we make more progress.
October 12, 2009 @ 22:04
I just want to add that when my husband wants something done — it will be done quickly.
We bought the whole unit last Sunday (I was still somewhat sick, but felt well enough to make a trip to IKEA). We bought the carpet the following Wednesday (!!!) night — and the same very night after some of the wires were secured under the carpet Danya assembled the fist part of our wall unit.
By Saturday a lot of work was done, and on Sunday Danya’s left arm was aching from overexertion so much that we had to rub it with Bengey.
I also have to say that Danya came up with a very good design that not just looks good, but eliminates the need for screwing the unit to the wall, and also leaves our light switch easily accessible.
Overall, I think our living room already looks much cozier. I really like it when the couch is standing in the corner — it makes me feel more protected somehow. Now I need to go through all of our papers, organize them and put some of those awesome red-door shelves to good use.
October 12, 2009 @ 22:15
Yes, Ben was not happy with having to be rubbed on my arm.
And yes, I do like our redesign a lot too already. It will be even more awesome when it is complete.
October 13, 2009 @ 15:51
Room looks great! Carpet matches perfectly to the overall design.
Shublik fits to the second picture as well
October 13, 2009 @ 16:15
Thank you!
And yes, we repainted Shublik specifically to match our new rugs.
October 21, 2009 @ 17:31
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