My husband-to-be and I (for the next 10 days anyway, then he's just "husband", YAY ME) have a roommate who tends to do the same thing. Our roommate is a 25 yr old sweet guy named Brian who "knows everything" but when it comes to handyman stuff he is quite knowledgeable, I must admit. However, there is a bit of overengineering involved on his part, but I let him go for it, he enjoys it, it keeps him out of trouble and he likes to make me happy. Who am I to take that away from him, right? As payment for Christmas I'm going to try my hand at making an art quilt of a naked woman (I said he's 25, right?) out of minkee fabric - finally he will have someone he can't keep his hands off of!