handywork

Every now and then, I get completely caught up. I watch one too many HGTV, TLC home improvement shows. (Trading Spaces, Design on a Dime, Moving up...yada yada yada). Those shows are really dangerous because they give me the mistaken impression that everything is sooooooo easy. "I can do that too!", "wow, look how easy that was!", "look how this one accent changed the entire dimension of the room"

Right.

Well I got bit by the bug once again. I decided to put up a wall mirror (actually a housewarming gift from last year ... ssshh). Anyway, the project started last Sunday before Thanksgiving. I realized I didn't have a level (or rather couldn't find my level) so I went to home depot as part of my Sunday errands and bought a new one. By the time I got home and started setting up my tree (another story) and everything else, Charmed was on, and then Desparate Housewives, so I didn't get around to actually putting up the mirror. I saved that treat for yesterday.

Well.. 6 drill holes in the wall later (note: the mirror only required 2) the mirror was up and secured to wall. It took me a total of 57 minutes for me to hang that damned mirror. The distance between the drill holes required a level of precision that I could only accomplish through sheer trial and error. I actually don't know how I finally got the mirror affixed to the wall. For all I know little mirror bits and pieces are scattered on the floor from the dramatic drop from the wall. *sigh*

Lesson to be learned, Don't believe the hype. You can not do it yourself. Hire someone. There is no personal satisfaction in handywork. I speak the truth.