i got to spirographing...
ooohhh...
here are the final drawings,
framed and waiting to be hung...
i am a HUGE proponent of 3M command strips. i use them to hang everything. but, these frames are pretty heavy and i didn't feel confident using command strips to hang them...
so i tried to hang them using nails.
uhhhh...yeah.
this is what happens when it's me against a plaster wall. i got about half an inch in before the wall started buckling and the nail bent. what the heck??! it must be our weak nails.
it couldn't possibly be ME.
off i went to ace hardware.
...switching it up...
it took THREE men to help me. the first one didn't really understand anything i was saying. he kept telling me plaster walls are soft and i shouldn't be having any problems getting a nail into them.
the second guy said he'd never heard of a nail bending. what?! i bend nails almost every time i hammer! the only thing i do better is strip screws!
i had confidence in the third man though. he was older, grizzled...he told the first guy that yes, plaster walls are harder than drywall ((just like i said!!)) and in fact, get harder with age. huh.
...but there are no special "plaster nails" as i requested.
well, crap.
turns out, i was using finishing nails. he sold me some other-type-of nails that he guaranteed would go through plaster and would not bend.
great!
once back home, i give it another go.
$#!&*#!
another bent nail.
another bulging hole.
apparently, it's me. and my frighteningly awful technique.
fish was able to nail them in just fine.
he tried to show me how...
but i still bent a nail and i still made a bulging hole.
...so this is how it sits, until fish has enough time off from his insane schedule to hang the other 14 frames.
* mari
It's not your technique, it's just that you don't know your own strength! haha
ReplyDeletelove! that's a great way to think about it, hah...
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