Most of you know I am doing some upgrades to a 1914 Victorian home in order to sell. Nothing has been updated since 1970, we actually found newspaper with that date on it stuffed in a wall and the Orange swirly linoleum was a dead giveaway.
Now Chris and I have put a ton of work into this house and did it all on our own. (yes I MAY be writing a blog on how to still love your spouse during and after a remodel. He is the love of my life and the following story is frustrating but funny but I love him and he is MY Captain Cave Man)
So you have all seen the photos of the Kitchen we ok he put new floors in, but I chose the paint colors and design plan with the help of my BFF Sheron Cardinand the hot guy at the Benjamin Moore Store. Now, I took a lot of time painting the walls, trim and the cabinets. We even picked out a great counter top. I even took out old hardware and filled the holes with wood putty and sanded them down for paint. Picked out great brushed nickel hardware and moved the placement from the middle of the cabinets to the corners.
So after my part was done I was sent to the Home Depot to buy hand rails for the hallway, (side note if you really want your hubby to replace something and he doesn't want to, BREAK IT) But then just be prepared to find the flippen rails at the Home Depot and be prepared to pull them down as they are 20 feet long and heavy. They actually have a stand where you can cut your own length. I called home and said he would have to come back because I could not do this on my own. He did not sound happy but agreed. So now I feel like poo and decide, what the hell, I will do this and if I mess it up, I simply step back and slowly walk towards the door and no one will be the wiser. I admit nothing to no one.
So I get the 20 foot rail down and there is no measuring tape. There is a vendor there and he doesn't have one but looks around to find one and could not find one, so I was on my own. So, I start walking the isles and find one in a package. I find one and go back. Now I am starting to hot flash in the store and really want to get out of there. But I get a phone call, so I decide to sit down and chat and cool off. Now I cant get the measuring tape out of the package, so I ask the guy for a box cutter and I go for it. I take it out and load up the rail on the stand and measure 79 inches, decide to go for 85 to be safe. I grab the HAND SAW and I go to town. Mind you 5 men walk by and not one offers to help as I obviously look like a "I can do it" type of women. So, I am sawing and sweating up a storm, my pants are sticking to my legs. WAM, first one is done. So I measure again and this one needed to be 89 inches and I go about 95 or so and cut this one. Leaving about 1-2 feet and me being the "pretty" one in the family cut it instead of just taking it all and letting him cut it at home as that would have fit in the SUV and the 20 foot long would not.
So I get home, I am very proud, he is very proud. Told me I can do more than I think when it comes to manual labor etc. I am just so happy and I did it right!!
So, I asked Chris what he had done. He told me he put the brushed nickel hardware on the doors in the kitchen. I was so jazzed, finally we are almost done with the kitchen project, the custom counter top for the other side will be done Monday, we can put the sink in etc. I go to check out his handy work and I am devastated with what I see. The hardware is NOT EVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Slightly but enough to notice. Two handles side by side one on each door. Uneven! I say NOTHING. Yes I want my Oscar he has no clue I know.
Now, this can happen to anyone and even on one cabinet there is an extra hole where it really didn't go well on first placement. HOWEVER!! I noticed this the first time he put the hardware on and I fixed the holes etc and I came up with a way to make sure this did not happen.
ON the underside of a door handle there are two holes where the screws go in. Here is what you can do:
1. Take the inside of a felt marker, it is a "filter" type material similar to a filter in a cigarette but it has ink in it. Cut 2 portions off and stick them in each hole so they are sticking out slightly. Now, you just have to touch the handle to the door in the place you think you want it and pull back and see. If its wrong wipe it off and do it again. When its right drill on the mark.
2. You can also take white out and paint the circle of the hole and do the same thing.
YES we had fully discussed this the night before. He even boasted about how I come up with some of the things I do. We talked about seeing if someone else had already come up with the "invention". You know I invented the Yellow and Blue makes green zip lock bags and frozen baby food, and the light up purse and weeks later they were on the shelves!
So a funny story and a handy solution. So there you have it! Now, should I look at the handles and say, "Hey babe, remember when you said we should just leave the hardware in the same spot? UMM You were right!"
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