wall of entertainment

last monday we spent all day at ikea selecting and purchasing a new modular entertainment center. the goal was to get something that has all of our electronic components enclosed and the wires hidden and will also provide lotsa storage options. at some point maria will be mobile and curious so this is for her own safety and my sanity!

chris spent the entire weekend disassembling the old system and assembling the new. when i say the entire weekend- i mean the entire weekend! it took all day saturday to get everything built up and some of the wiring started. one of the things we didn't plan for (maybe chris was secretly hoping this would lead to a new tv. . . ) was the tv on its stand not fitting in the allocated spot. chris had to make a saturday night run to best buy to purchase a flat panel tv wall hanger. woops! the other thing we didn't plan on the slope of our house! apparently our floor is really, really, really not level. i'm hoping this is not indicative of a bad foundation problem. the floor drops almost 2 inches in an 8 ft span. at least ikea puts leveling legs on their furniture. we had to get a couple of thick rubber floor protectors because the leveling legs don't screw out enough. woops! so the tv hangs slightly crooked (even though it was attached level) because of the slope. chris and i had to let that one go- we can't let it bother us. after spending all day sunday figuring out where to put everything and wiring it together, chris finally finished around 9pm. we were both super tired and crashed out kind of early. the good news is that maria seems to be sleeping through the night now!