Unhinged Again

For the past several evenings, I have struggled unsuccessfully to reattach the lower cabinet doors to my daughter's bookshelves. I had removed them so that we could transport the shelves more easily from her old room to her new room (which is really her old, old room). You'd think it would be a simple task--just four screws for each door. The holes are already there. Just hold the hinge up to the holes, insert the screws, and buzz-buzz on the handy-dandy power screwdriver/drill.

Not so fast, buster.

You see, no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to make the doors level. They were relatively level prior to the move. Why they're not now, I've no idea. The hinges look somewhat adjustable, but in trying to adjust one of them, I lost a screw. Apparently, you can't even unscrew that piece a fraction before it falls out.

I've switched doors, turned them upside down, turned me upside down, and done everything except a little dance in the middle of the room. Nothing works. I even resorted to asking my husband to try. He was unable to fix them either, which made me feel not so stupid but still disappointed that we can't get them to work.

Maybe I'll go back to my original idea to leave off the doors completely and use baskets on the lower shelves. It means another expense, but it should be minimal with the 50% off sale this week at Hobby Lobby. What worries me most is my daughter's tendency to be, well, let's say "untidy." At least with the doors, you can close off the mess when company comes.

Too bad I can't do that with the rest of the house :-)