If you’re anything like me, you often find yourself tripped up over the details (also known as losing All the Sleep). You fret over upcoming dinner plans, your grocery list or, in this case (and for us, most cases), your current project du jour. The garden apartment has come leaps and bounds since we first shared […]

If you’re anything like me, you often find yourself tripped up over the details (also known as losing All the Sleep). You fret over upcoming dinner plans, your grocery list or, in this case (and for us, most cases), your current project du jour. The garden apartment has come leaps and bounds since we first shared the initial walkthrough, and we’re getting to the point where our lists are much shorter but much more detailed. Spackle. Sand. Caulk. Fix the drain. Install the lights and the switch plate covers and scrub the floors. Of course, this is a good thing – no, a great thing! – because it means we’re finally able to see the light at the end of this long, winding tunnel! One of our most recent nit-picky-and-incredibly-necessary details, however" The kitchen fillers, cover panels and toe-kicks. The cabinets are in, the counters are in-progress and we’re picking up tile for the backsplash later this week. But! We can’t really stick a fork in the cabinet install until we perfect the imperfect. Those small 1″ gaps along the walls need filled, the bright white cabinet boxes need panels and the...