"Make it Right"

After this past weekend at Paul's, Ben is able to add a few more patches to his boy scout sash for home improvement skills. Since we've discovered TLC's Holmes on Homes, Ben's man crush on Mike Holmes has made him into his own general contractor and he's learning to "make it right!" Almost six years ago we were hanging pictures on our apartment walls with mollies. We've come a long way.

Ben has:
- tiled the master bath
- laid hardwood floors
- installed a new garage door opener
- installed our kitchen faucet, garbage disposal and drains
- repaired my broken washer (more specifically, my broken lid switch)
- replaced the guts to all four toilets in the house
- replaced sink faucets
- installed a chair rail
- installed lighting fixtures
- built a fence

The two most recent additions to his sash come from this past weekend:
- hanging drywall
- replacing a load bearing wall with a header

It's kind of exciting that Paul has a house that he's completely remodeling, because it's giving us a chance to learn how to do projects on someone else's house besides our own. Now that his sash is filling up, he's suffering from a massive case of oversimplification. Things that are clearly not do-it-yourself projects are wickedly basic. Heart surgery? Cake walk. It's just like plumbing.