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!

The key point is they tried and YOU fixed it! Sorry they didn't do it right the first time. I learned before I got married that my husband could not even screw in a lightbulb without stripping the thing I am not kidding I found that if I do it myself it works best for all :)

lol...glad it all worked out. I've got the same problem. If I want anything done right, I gotta do it myself.

Amen

Bless their hearts for trying :D:D:D

Yep, they try. ;) I was married to a general contractor for 20 years and I know from experience that some men can't just do something by the directions, or even just the simple (and best) way. They have to make it much more complicated than it needs to be... for some reason.

how much you wanna bet they thought they were making improvements?

if you have the space, don't hack off the extra 12".

for one thing, they'll notice and might be offended. for another, it will come in really handy.

Your big board can never be too big (depending upon the available space, of course!) and if you can, get a cutting mat for it. I have one that DOES go over my ironing board. So I can press blocks, etc., I use medium sized cutting board and padded ironing surface thingys on one end of the board so I don't mess up the cutting mat with bubbles. It is great to have such a large, long cutting area, like 55 inches I think it is. Enjoy!

never learn -thats why women are so adaptive they have to be

Sounds like they were making it to last.They tried......