Not Bad, He Says, Glad it's Painted, he says

There are two types of DIYer's according to my husband.  The first are those who slap stuff up and just don't care, those who take their time and do it the right way, and then there is Paul. 

Now, don't get me wrong, Paul does wonderful work, even behind the walls.  It's just hard to take the "look at that miniscule crooked line that no one else can see" on occasion.  

Take the case of the range hood.   I personally didn't care what type of range hood we had, I was more concerned about the wooden cover.   I left the actual mechanism to Paul.   And he wanted an American made product (Go USA), so we ended up with a Vent-A-Hood.   So the hood liner is purchased and put in.

Then comes the hard part.  Picking the wooden cover.  Here's a photo I gave Paul of what I liked after scouring the internet.

With the exception of the back wall, since I thought it was tacky.  So Paul starts to build.  The first one, well let's just say it was an experiment, since the angles on each side weren't the same.  So, Paul takes it apart and starts again and there were still some issues with it. And, I think he put more pressure on himself, since V, our KD kept saying, "Since you are so handy Paul, I know you can build this."  Trying to be helpful as I can see he is getting more frustrated, I say, "you know we can buy one for $800.00."  The gauntlet was thrown down, and Paul started again.

Here's the a picture of the finished product that he sent me at work, with the email caption "Not bad, glad it is painted."

And you know what he is most disappointed in?  That the inside is not pristine and lined up.  I said, "Do you really think someone is going to pull it off and look inside?" No.

The other problem was when it was hung, it was about an 1/8th of an inch off center.  I made him rehang it.  Would I have had a carpenter done that?  You bet.

Total cost about $125.00.