Originally Posted by mmonohon
My dh asked his dad to make me an ironing board cover like the tutorial I found here on the board. He had the instructions and pictures to go by with a little help from my hubby. (His father tinkers with woodcrafts and is only a basic lite hobby craftsman and my dh doesn't know the difference between a flathead and a phillips ----they try.) Anyway I got the board back from my father in lae and it is 4 times thicker then it should be and 12 inches too long. It is so heavy I can barely move it by myself and it was bending the old regular ironing board legs. I grew up in a home with men (thank God) and on a farm and took wood shop, so after being upset and knowing that they tried.....I came to the conclusion that if I saw off the 12 inches and put in on top of a sturdy small bookshelf I own and bolt in down that I can make it work.
I am truly thankful it will work and that they tried. But when will they learn to follow directions. Ugh!
My husband is not very handy, and also a big procrastinator. Every time I have asked him to do something, he thinks he has a better way to do it, and he makes it so complicated and it becomes impossible for him to finish. I have come to rely on the guys at the hardware store for my cutting. I am still waiting after six months for him to cut a spot on my sewing cabinet so I can use my knee lift. The worst part is when he catches me doing it, he says, "I told you I was going to do that". He gets upset when I tell him the statute of limitations has run out on him doing it. :-D