When I met the contractor's carpenter, within 15 minutes, I knew he would be reliable in terms of using good quality materials and experienced builders. He understood loads and weight distribution, but he wouldn't have any sense of aesthetics. His recommendations, basically, sucked, suitable for television stage sets stuck in the hostels in the 1960s.
So I took a stronger lead in terms of design for the carpentry work needed, right down to the nitty-gritty, and even to the extent of suggesting mounting options for shelves. The one room that I wasn't that fixated on, is the utility room. It's a fairly standard utility room! I thought I would dictate all that I wanted, but left one thing to him. And that would be installing the wall hooks.
A few (rectifiable) screw-ups here and there would be forgivable. But even in a room so small, he screwed up cutlery drawers, among other things. But this was quite ultimate. SUPER HILARIOUS. I wasn't even annoyed. I literally stood there and laughed for a whole minute. I couldn't believe he thought this was okay! Am I being trolled? I asked for hooks on the wall to hang broomsticks or whatever. I got these:
I was like, SERIOUSLY? I complained to my contractor. He hadn't seen it yet. He replied me with emojis. He was just as amused, horrified and rather stunned. He immediately went out to buy me some proper hooks to replace this piece of fugliness, and told me that he'd scold the carpenter. Oh yes, please do. Duhhhh.
As the renovation and carpentry work progressed, I was even more persnickety about being present at the installation of cabinets. Let's just say that it was a good judgment call to watch the carpenter's men at work. Imagine if his workmen went along with his instructions, and I'm less vigilant, I'd have keeled over at the end results. I would totally make him un-install the various unlikeable things. We would have gotten into dumb and unproductive arguments about costs and compensation.
Well. One can't account for another's sense of aesthetics. 😐🤷🏻♀️ I was really thinking of having hooks along these lines, with images sourced from Pinterest.
So I took a stronger lead in terms of design for the carpentry work needed, right down to the nitty-gritty, and even to the extent of suggesting mounting options for shelves. The one room that I wasn't that fixated on, is the utility room. It's a fairly standard utility room! I thought I would dictate all that I wanted, but left one thing to him. And that would be installing the wall hooks.
A few (rectifiable) screw-ups here and there would be forgivable. But even in a room so small, he screwed up cutlery drawers, among other things. But this was quite ultimate. SUPER HILARIOUS. I wasn't even annoyed. I literally stood there and laughed for a whole minute. I couldn't believe he thought this was okay! Am I being trolled? I asked for hooks on the wall to hang broomsticks or whatever. I got these:
I was like, SERIOUSLY? I complained to my contractor. He hadn't seen it yet. He replied me with emojis. He was just as amused, horrified and rather stunned. He immediately went out to buy me some proper hooks to replace this piece of fugliness, and told me that he'd scold the carpenter. Oh yes, please do. Duhhhh.
As the renovation and carpentry work progressed, I was even more persnickety about being present at the installation of cabinets. Let's just say that it was a good judgment call to watch the carpenter's men at work. Imagine if his workmen went along with his instructions, and I'm less vigilant, I'd have keeled over at the end results. I would totally make him un-install the various unlikeable things. We would have gotten into dumb and unproductive arguments about costs and compensation.
Well. One can't account for another's sense of aesthetics. 😐🤷🏻♀️ I was really thinking of having hooks along these lines, with images sourced from Pinterest.
2 comments:
Maybe he was trying to achieve a minimalist look and save you some money. Glad that you find some humour in this :)
Hahahahah! His idea of minimalism is super scary! The hooks have been changed out now, whewwwwww.
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