Tell me if this has ever happened to you:
It's 1am & you are standing on your sofa wagging a yardstick over your head, trying to push an electric cord into a ceiling hook. Success! And then you realize two uncomfortable truths--
1. The light fixture (being generous here) you just finished fashioning from a scratched sickly-green cutting board, greener chicken wire, & an IKEA hanging lamp kit possesses not one appealing feature or redeeming quality. It is, without a doubt, the fugliest such thing anyone has ever conceived of or executed. And
2. You were in full, goldfish bowl-glorious view of the entire neighborhood while performing this unbalanced act because you're too lazy to drop the shades (a better DIY project from awhile back).
Seriously awful DIY must be a lot like waking up next to a post-tequila epic mistake. There is no graceful exit. Just find your crumpled DIY undies, tuck your shoes under your arm, & back quietly & slowly out of the room. In the case of a failed project, I'd also suggest dismantling it & hiding the components before you go to sleep.
Nothing is to be gained by being accosted by your errors in judgment first thing in the morning. And believe me, I'm talking about the 'lamp' here. Good night!! :)
Nothing that happens to you, ever happens to me. At least you weren't out jumping on someone's trampoline. One ugly light fixture.
ReplyDeleteAnd GREEN! Even if it had looked like anything, who in their right mind wants GREEN ambient light?!?
ReplyDeleteI'm going for the ambient lighting of votive candles, myself.
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