Today was a busy day. The furniture I ordered from Montana Woodworks arrived today. Since I tried to cheap out and ordered directly from the factory rather than through a furniture store it; came palletized and FedEx just dropped them off.
Partially Broken Down
One of the things I liked about the furniture is that it is made from real wood and has sturdy American craftmanship. One side effect I hadn’t really thought about is that it is incredibly heavy. Especially the 9 drawer dresser.
Dresser
I figured that this was well beyond my 150# folding dolly. After noodling it for a few minutes I decided I needed an appliance dolly, designed for refrigerators, etc.
I made a quick run down to Home Depot only to discover that they didn’t rent anything. I could buy it for $110. + tax but that was it. So I decided to visit Menard’s which I had not visited before.
They had appliance dollies available for $8. for 4 hours. I got it and ran home and it did the trick. Menard’s looks to be a fully stocked and larger than Home Depot. So that’s where I will be getting my hardware needs in the future.
I got all the furniture moved in, gathered up all the packing materials and pallets and dumped them in the dumpster. I managed to get the bed assembled, and I’ll save the dining table until tomorrow.
Bedroom Set
Tomorrow I’ll also buy some lampshades and assemble the dining table.
In other news, the land survey will happen next Monday. The realtor said there was no problem to accompany the surveyor, I’ll call him tomorrow to confirm. Once we close (still scheduled for mid-June) I need to get permission from the State Engineer to put a well in and then drill the well. The driller is confident we’ll get water (he’s done several wells in the area). Once we have the well location, the next step is to site the septic tank (must be at least 100′ from the well head) and the drain field. And lastly, I need to have several long discussions with the county permit office to get a feel for the different permits I will require to get started.