Home remodel projects that (almost) fall on your head!

mrsref
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:04:28 +0000

Nothing as dramatic as broken glass, but we did return from vacation to find all of “my” side of the master closet on the floor. The builder had only hit two small screws into studs when he installed the shelving and rod.

Then there was the time when DH and I were installing crown molding in the dining room, with a self-imposed deadline since we were hosting the office holiday party. We had dutifully used the stud finder and marked where to nail; DH and I were nailing from opposite ends of the piece we were installing. One of my nails was not going in as easily as it should have, I told DH that something didn’t feel right with this nail, so he with all his macho-ness stepped up and whacked the nail with all his might…right into a water pipe feeding the upstairs bathroom! Then, when he tried to fix the pipe he accidentally cut another pipe. What a mess.