Ultimate DIY NIghtmare

Having just read Eliza's TV stand story, I felt I had to share this miserable failure of mine to illustrate how appalling my DIY skills really are.

Forget the new sink I fitted that needed a slightly longer wastepipe and fittings, because of the position of the drainhole, and the failure of the old and new to marry up because one was Imperial measurements and the other metric. That was small beer.

I bought a small aviary for my dear Henry so that he could spend quality time outside with me in the summer. It came in 6' by 3' panels with a steel frame, but no instructions. I spent a Sunday putting the great big heavy thing together as best I thought. But when I came to use it, I realised I'd actually constructed it inside out!

Next weekend I had to take the whole thing apart and reverse each panel.

And then Henry didn't even like it.

It's still in the garden. Well, you try unscrewing nuts and bolts that have rusted shut over the years.

Aviary, anyone?