{"id":15750,"date":"2026-04-26T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/?p=15750"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:48:23","slug":"home-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/home-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The far kitchen cabinet had been a little crooked for a long time, but in November if suddenly sagged farther.  I guess I overloaded the cabinet for what a drywall anchor can handle, because it started ripping off the wall.  Ben and I disassembled a few cabinets.  I decided to repair it by cutting down the cabinet so it will fit entirely on the support bracket.  I learned about drywall patching and did my own paint matching to cover the tears.  I took the Ikea cabinet apart and built it up again as a single cabinet and a shelving unit using the old parts.  Had to trim the soffit and do other annoying tweaks too.  It turned out pretty good in the end, but what a headache!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"15751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/home-repair\/img_9759\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9759-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 16 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