after being forced into standing submission, they have waiting patiently for their debut...one that had been postponed on various occasions, to the utmost disappointment of these stalk-like characters.
they proved that our misuse of their feelings was a mistake of vast proportion.
we spent an entire day...
a day without the kids, no less (usually spent in more relaxing ways)
from sun-up to long after sun down...
defending ourselves against the revenge of the doors.
though their slender profile may seem calm and demure, in time we found them cunning and sly.
their white exterior held a deep dark secret void of destruction.
they tried every trick in the book. they made us alter doorways, door knob holes, hinges, shims...we whittled, we put them on, then took them off....we redrilled and re-whittled...we put them on again only to find they were in cahoots with our doorframes...obviously some form of bribery had taken place.
you name it, they tried it.
we nearly lost our nerve and our will to survive their vicious and precocious attempts to defeat us.
ultimately, it's 10:49 pm.
we are exhausted.
11 doors successfully hung, although 5 don't have door knobs yet. 2 are yet unpainted. 8 out of 11 didn't go up easy and after 7 we almost gave up.
an entire house full of project has been started and left in mid-project.
at least my camera survived the wreckage to document a few of the battle scenes.
before and after the war:
beware of the doors.
they are always watching :)
Nice doors! I have taken part in the war of the doors myself...or maybe I should really say I have watched Paul battle them!
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Oh, but they are oh so pretty now that they are 'done.'
ReplyDeleteAh, the life of half finished projects!
Wow! It looks like a whole different house in the after pic. Absolutely amazing what a few new (pain-in-the-butt) doors can do. What are you going to do with all the old classy brown ones?
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