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Handy
Two drawers broke in the house a few days ago. One was in the bathroom, and the other was in my bureau. They broke in similar ways; the nails in a corner pulled loose.
Now, I'm not handy. My father is very handy, but I'm not. I've often wished that I was. But I think I've slowly been getting better at being handy over the years.
So I took some Elmer's glue, small nails, a rubber mallet, and a hammer. I fixed both drawers quite nicely; by the time I was done, they were as solid and strong as the day that they were first made. Then a few days later it occurred to me that I should check the other drawers.
It's a good thing I did! Two of the drawers in my old bureau were pulling apart in the exact same way. The nails weren't all the way out of their holes, but they were pulled nearly 1/2 inch loose.
So I put some glue along the joins and hammered the drawers together with the mallet and hammer. Now everything slides in and out smoothly, and the whole thing is nice and solid. And I saved myself a lot of work, because if I'd waited until the nails actually came out I couldn't have re-used them - and the wood on that bureau is very dense, so it's very hard to hammer a new nail in a new hole.
It's funny. It feels really good to do that sort of thing! There's something about making repairs on furniture and the house, on solid things, that just gives me a feeling of accomplishment.
I really should do it more often.
Now, I'm not handy. My father is very handy, but I'm not. I've often wished that I was. But I think I've slowly been getting better at being handy over the years.
So I took some Elmer's glue, small nails, a rubber mallet, and a hammer. I fixed both drawers quite nicely; by the time I was done, they were as solid and strong as the day that they were first made. Then a few days later it occurred to me that I should check the other drawers.
It's a good thing I did! Two of the drawers in my old bureau were pulling apart in the exact same way. The nails weren't all the way out of their holes, but they were pulled nearly 1/2 inch loose.
So I put some glue along the joins and hammered the drawers together with the mallet and hammer. Now everything slides in and out smoothly, and the whole thing is nice and solid. And I saved myself a lot of work, because if I'd waited until the nails actually came out I couldn't have re-used them - and the wood on that bureau is very dense, so it's very hard to hammer a new nail in a new hole.
It's funny. It feels really good to do that sort of thing! There's something about making repairs on furniture and the house, on solid things, that just gives me a feeling of accomplishment.
I really should do it more often.