If you like those DIY videos that is really great.
If you are fan of best out of waste things nothing like it.
In addition to this if you think you are creative (pun intended)then its really deadly combination and if you have money and time at your hand then no one can save you ๐ Trust me.
I mean its my experience so you get to hear it from horses mouth ๐
I still remember carrying that hanging lamp all the way from USA Ikea shop...and no am not flaunting here..it could be anything from any shop any place ..that is not important.Important thing here is DIY tag.
For almost two months that box was lying under one bed or another from one room to other.
After tolerating enough of nagging husband declared he is really super busy and unfortunately can not do it at least for next few days..so as an intelligent wife I read between the lines.. he has no interest and will have no time ever. ๐ก
"Forget about husband wife tying some colourful scarves on head and painting home with some romance...thanks to Paint advertisements for coming up with such unrealistic ideas. This is just a simple lamp to be assembled which we can not do together .:( .leave it we speak different love language ...(Thanks to these self help books....advise comes handy at times..)"-----
I consoled myself and decided to personally look into the matter...grrrrr
Instruction manuals are great but for one person to do it is a horrendous task.By the time you fix one end ,other end opens up and then there you are continuously getting another live set of instructions from your little one.."Mumma may be you should fix this way"......and in the end it needs some electrical fitting as well.
After spending two Saturday afternoons trying to understand instructions, doing lots of hands on, googling types of bulbs ,and bugging some friends who do some work at home..I decided to call up electrician.
He is another busy man who turned up after another couple of Saturdays and finally I finished that DIY lamp with electrician who was unable to understand instruction manual so I had to explain that to him with lot of patience.
remembering Marathi proverb here..
เคธुเคธเคฐเคคाเค เคคुเคी เคชाเค เคिเคคी เคฎเค :)
End product is great and then you forget the process of DIY which was not so pleasant and start looking for another DIY.
The best out of waste addiction is another monster to handle.Suddenly every alternate waste that should go straight to the dustbin starts looking useful and you start getting some unimaginable ideas to make it look beautiful.
Someone gifts you something and you get so much emotionally attached that you start thinking how can you reuse it:)..earring holders out of dry fruits box .๐
But we are not to be blamed..those youtube videos are at fault...they make it look so easy and wonderful.
Smitten by BOOW(Best out of waste) bug, every time cooker ring shrunk ,it found place in TBD creative stuff dump instead of dustbin.
It looks really good for some days but after that same things start looking shabby so just addition to original waste..:(
Had collected packaged bottles caps for months to come up with some tea coasters that look awful and which went straight to dustbin after all the (so called)creative work.
I really don't want to discourage BOOW lovers here.
Things don't work out sometimes but at times they turn out super cool and you can actually gift it proudly.
Had tried dream catcher(DIY) ,wall hanging(BOOW),bird nest (BOOW),Ganesha frame..so many more and they had turned out good.
It is a good stress buster.Your creative quotient gets filled.And then you have stories associated with each of your master creation.:)
If you are fan of best out of waste things nothing like it.
In addition to this if you think you are creative (pun intended)then its really deadly combination and if you have money and time at your hand then no one can save you ๐ Trust me.
I mean its my experience so you get to hear it from horses mouth ๐
I still remember carrying that hanging lamp all the way from USA Ikea shop...and no am not flaunting here..it could be anything from any shop any place ..that is not important.Important thing here is DIY tag.
For almost two months that box was lying under one bed or another from one room to other.
After tolerating enough of nagging husband declared he is really super busy and unfortunately can not do it at least for next few days..so as an intelligent wife I read between the lines.. he has no interest and will have no time ever. ๐ก
"Forget about husband wife tying some colourful scarves on head and painting home with some romance...thanks to Paint advertisements for coming up with such unrealistic ideas. This is just a simple lamp to be assembled which we can not do together .:( .leave it we speak different love language ...(Thanks to these self help books....advise comes handy at times..)"-----
I consoled myself and decided to personally look into the matter...grrrrr
Instruction manuals are great but for one person to do it is a horrendous task.By the time you fix one end ,other end opens up and then there you are continuously getting another live set of instructions from your little one.."Mumma may be you should fix this way"......and in the end it needs some electrical fitting as well.
After spending two Saturday afternoons trying to understand instructions, doing lots of hands on, googling types of bulbs ,and bugging some friends who do some work at home..I decided to call up electrician.He is another busy man who turned up after another couple of Saturdays and finally I finished that DIY lamp with electrician who was unable to understand instruction manual so I had to explain that to him with lot of patience.
remembering Marathi proverb here..
เคธुเคธเคฐเคคाเค เคคुเคी เคชाเค เคिเคคी เคฎเค :)
End product is great and then you forget the process of DIY which was not so pleasant and start looking for another DIY.
The best out of waste addiction is another monster to handle.Suddenly every alternate waste that should go straight to the dustbin starts looking useful and you start getting some unimaginable ideas to make it look beautiful.
Someone gifts you something and you get so much emotionally attached that you start thinking how can you reuse it:)..earring holders out of dry fruits box .๐
But we are not to be blamed..those youtube videos are at fault...they make it look so easy and wonderful.
Smitten by BOOW(Best out of waste) bug, every time cooker ring shrunk ,it found place in TBD creative stuff dump instead of dustbin.
It looks really good for some days but after that same things start looking shabby so just addition to original waste..:(
Had collected packaged bottles caps for months to come up with some tea coasters that look awful and which went straight to dustbin after all the (so called)creative work.
I really don't want to discourage BOOW lovers here.
Things don't work out sometimes but at times they turn out super cool and you can actually gift it proudly.
Had tried dream catcher(DIY) ,wall hanging(BOOW),bird nest (BOOW),Ganesha frame..so many more and they had turned out good.
It is a good stress buster.Your creative quotient gets filled.And then you have stories associated with each of your master creation.:)
