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10 Home-Improvement Great Goofs

Clever. Entertaining. Original. Check out our Great Goofs™, where do-it-yourselfers share their biggest blunders.

From The Family Handyman

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Pretty In Pink?
by Robert A. Jones
September 2006
To spruce up the house and give it some curb appeal, we decided to add red shutters around the windows. Painting shutters with a brush can be slow, so we decided to rent a paint sprayer and paint them assembly-line style in the garage. We laid down dropcloths, opened the doors and windows for ventilation and sprayed on primer and two coats of paint. After finishing up for the day, I closed the overhead garage door and saw that our nice white door was now a uniform pink! The overspray from the sprayer had risen and settled on top of the door while it was open for ventilation. The next day was taken by still another painting project - the garage door!

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Well, after reading about sealing the cell phone inside the wall, this reminds me of the story that my brother loves to tell. This one tops the cell phone. He was helping a friend finish a basement and after coming back from lunch, they could hear the distinct muffled sounds of the family cat meowing from inside the wall. Only took two holes in the newly hung drywall to find one slightly dusty cat, who finished her nap upstairs.

By Steve, on 09/07/2009

Curious that most of these goofs, especially the really dumb ones, are from men.

By Marla, on 08/23/2009

Why didn't the wife climb down the ladder to get to the first floor?

By Paul, on 08/22/2009

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