Don’t DIY
Great advice is worth its weight in gold, no matter where you heard it first. If it was your mailman that told you “measure twice, cut once” was the sensible way to make shelving then it’s no less valuable than if it had come from an expert. Even Walmart, it seems, can provide us with little golden nuggets of wisdom.
Like this one from a very wise lady who knows her husband very well. I’m thinking that there is a lot of backstory to this conversation snippet. I am imagining a house littered with half-finished projects that “would only take 5 minutes.” There is no doubt that this woman is weary, and has a professional handyman on speed dial.