Before the dust even settled from the great furnace replacement, we had to start putting the house back in order. The first step: put everything back in the pantry. Because we routed the ductwork for the kitchen unit through the pantry, everything–including the wire shelves we installed shortly after moving in–had to come out. (Thankfully the refrigerator could stay in place, as it was still full of frozen plums from our old place in San Francisco.)
We only had one casualty; it fell off the rather precarious stack of items atop one of the cabinets in the dining area.
We were smart. Before putting everything back in the space, I spackled all the holes from the shelves we had ripped out two years earlier, then touched up the paint. Agent Smith smartly used the opportunity to secure the shelves to the walls in case of a strong earthquake. The end result is a more secure space, and we worked together to organize things so we both can find whatever we need.
