Kitchen Cabinets

We've had our kitchen cabinets stored in our basement for the last 4 weeks, taking up valuable space and doing nothing to de-clutter the great room and kitchen. We have a variety of cobbled-together tables, stands and counter tops, littered with everything that would normally be inside the kitchen cabinets - pots, pans, dishes, cutlery, food, toaster, and...well you get the idea. We started work on the drywall in the kitchen last week, and although the ceiling still needs doing, we managed to get the walls mudded, sanded and painted with primer-sealer by noon last Saturday. Finally, we could actually put up the cabinets and get rid of some of the mess!
 I had purchased a B&D Crossfire laser level to help me keep everything level and plumb, and it worked great! Marking lines on the wall that I "knew" were level is a huge confidence booster to a first-time cabinet installer. 

As per many of the DIY sites, I started with the upper cabinets, specifically the upper corner cabinet. I worked out from there tackling the 3 boxes that run above the fridge and over to the corner first, and then the long run of cabinets out above the stove and finishing with the wine rack by the window. I had to do a little shimming, but for the most part the walls were plumb and flat.
With the uppers on the wall I could focus on the lower cabinets. Starting again in the corner I followed a similar program working along the walls. The corner base cabinet is a big one with a single bi-fold door that opens to an enormous cavern that fills most of 8 square feet to the left of the stove. It was here that we came across the first "glitch". The stove has to be about 3" off the back wall in order to clear the gas inlet and valve which comes up through the floor. This makes opening that cupboard door a bit of a challenge so we had to move the drawer cabinet (the one directly to the right of the stove) another 3/4" to the right. The bi-fold door now easily clears the side of the stove. 
 Our plumbing vent comes through the wall into the back of the drawer box, so we had to cut an access to that. It is going to be a challenge to turn that 2" pipe 90* and still maintain adequate clearance for the drawers. I managed to place the big "2-door with a drawer" cabinet that opens into the dining room after cutting a hole for the feed to the outside tap, and that's where I ran out of time yesterday. After all, my BC Lions were playing in the Grey Cup (the Canadian Football League championship game) and I couldn't miss that! (BTW, we won the game!)
Today, we are going knob shopping. Carol is going to Ontario for a couple of weeks and her flight leaves tomorrow morning, so if she wants input as to what handles/knobs we're getting, today is it!