Yeah, thanks, Mr. Murphy
I honestly don't know why I even try.
I'd been in Dollarama on Saturday and happened to see some door/drawer knobs, brushed "nickel" (the cheap version), two for $1.50. Couldn't go wrong at that price, so I bought a bunch to replace the ugly green painted knobs I've had on the "kitchen" doors and drawers for years.
Well, of course Mr. Murphy had to drop in for a visit. Every stupid knob needed a different length screw, because of varying thicknesses in all the drawers and doors, so what should have been an easy thing turned into a LONG exercise in mega-frustration and much cursing. It's just a good thing I have a ton of screws of varying sizes, all neatly sorted and arranged in my tool box. And you'd think the drawers would all be the same thickness, but nope...no, no, no. And gee, the last drawer, the bottom one with my plastic wrap and foil and baggies, well, the damned thing fell apart as soon as I unscrewed the old knob. That was the only thing holding it together. So the drawer base, in two parts, collapsed, and the front face fell off too. Biggest piece of shit cupboards/drawers I've ever seen in my life. Eventually I found screws thick enough to hold the pieces together, except they were too long and a few of them came through the face of the drawer, so I had to back them off and now when you open the drawer you can see them sticking out into the interior.
You know, I was going to paint these things--or at least I think about painting them every summer--but they're not worth even a can of paint and the effort it would take. Seriously.
Oh, and hey, the new knobs are smaller than the old ones and gee, when I took the old ones off, some of the paint came off too, so now it looks even worse than before (pic attached).
I don't know why I bother. Obviously I'm not cut out to be a home owner. ::Headdesk::
Well, of course Mr. Murphy had to drop in for a visit. Every stupid knob needed a different length screw, because of varying thicknesses in all the drawers and doors, so what should have been an easy thing turned into a LONG exercise in mega-frustration and much cursing. It's just a good thing I have a ton of screws of varying sizes, all neatly sorted and arranged in my tool box. And you'd think the drawers would all be the same thickness, but nope...no, no, no. And gee, the last drawer, the bottom one with my plastic wrap and foil and baggies, well, the damned thing fell apart as soon as I unscrewed the old knob. That was the only thing holding it together. So the drawer base, in two parts, collapsed, and the front face fell off too. Biggest piece of shit cupboards/drawers I've ever seen in my life. Eventually I found screws thick enough to hold the pieces together, except they were too long and a few of them came through the face of the drawer, so I had to back them off and now when you open the drawer you can see them sticking out into the interior.
You know, I was going to paint these things--or at least I think about painting them every summer--but they're not worth even a can of paint and the effort it would take. Seriously.
Oh, and hey, the new knobs are smaller than the old ones and gee, when I took the old ones off, some of the paint came off too, so now it looks even worse than before (pic attached).
I don't know why I bother. Obviously I'm not cut out to be a home owner. ::Headdesk::
I wonder if I'd qualify to be on the new (Canadian) HGTV show, "I Wrecked My House." Hmmm.
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But the idea of I wrecked my house sounds fun too :p
Believe me, I know the sort of day you spent.