Oh, I'm a-gonna keep going. I don't really have a choice, I'm stuck with the place now.
Got new bedroom furniture that's supposed to be delivered sometime in the next couple of hours... so I may spend the rest of the day standing in the room pondering whether or not I had them put everything in the perfect spot, and then rearranging the furniture in various ways until I find something I like. Thank heavens I finally bought some furniture sliders, those things are worth their weight in gold.
The latest fix-it dilemma has already presented itself, though:
That's the side of the counter on my kitchen "peninsula" that faces the dinette area... it's fine on the other side, there the cabinet framing supports it all the way from one end to the other. But on this side there is no support except at the two ends so it is sagging down in the middle.
I've got a couple long, narrow pieces of sturdy fiberboard that came as protective filler in an Ikea box and they are just about the right width to fit in there and provide some support, problem is I can't get them in there. I can lift up the center of the counter a bit but not enough to slide anything in that would be wide enough to make it (approximately) level all the way across.
So... can I get some kind of wedge things that I can hammer in and work my way from one end to the middle to raise and hold it up while I get something permanent in place? Keep in mind that I don't want to destroy the cabinet backs there, so maybe... I dunno... rubber wedges? Is that even the way to go here?