Do Not DIY!
June 10th, 2009
My Dad has never been the best guy at DIY which is why when he announced to the family that he was going to convert the attic into a bedroom we fell to the floor laughing!
It was a Sunday and Dad had the week off work. He told us all that he had always wanted a games room so he was going to convert the attic into another bedroom so he can have one of the other rooms for his games. Now my Dad is possibly the worst person to DIY. He can’t even put up shelves straight. Anyway, he started the following morning and tinkered and tapped all week long. We weren’t allowed up there till he had finished so we didn’t know what to expect. He kept coming down with more and more bits of wood, which was quite worrying seeing as he hadn’t gone up there with any! Finally come Saturday evening it was done. He had finished and was ready for his grand unveiling Sunday lunchtime. Sunday came and we were all anxious to see what he had been up to up there. One by one we went up into the attic and boy were we in for a shock. The walls had been stripped, the floor was uneven, you could even see into one of the downstairs rooms! The place was an absolute mess! My Mom lovingly but firmly told him that she wouldn’t be putting anyone or anything up into that room until a builder had been round to fix everything. I felt a bit bad for my Dad because he had tried hard so I bought him a little gift. I got him a set of funny cufflinks that were arm and hammer cufflinks. He saw the funny side and now every time he looks at the cufflinks he’s reminded to never DIY again!
