10 Min Project= 2.5 hrs!!

I apologize in advance for the poor lighting of the following pictures! The flash was not wanting to work since there was so much natural light in the room. I am so not camera savvy. 

I now have the antique shutters hung on the wall. This was a fairly easy and painless project thankfully.

I did encounter an outlet dilemma but decided to solve it with just covering half of the outlet just in case I may need it at some point in time. Then I pondered a few on what I was going to do as far as curtains. I had two sets to choose from and after flipping thru my inspiration magazines I came up with a plan. That plan involved a quick trip to WM for a rod and some clips and 10 minutes of hanging time.

Well I thought it was going to be 10 minutes and honestly the first go around it was but then I decided I hung the rod too low so I had to move it up. This is when I started cursing up a storm in my mind and wanting to throw things. I was madder than a hoppy toad...which by the way I have no idea what that means just always have heard it....and determined. See that d*** screw there well it refused to heck and back to come out of the wall. I even took a hammer to it trying to beat it into the wall. No such luck. Then I tried to pry it out of the wall and all I got out of that was this mess. It also did not help that my ever so loving boys would come in abt every 10 minutes asking me if I was done yet.

I finally gave up the fight and just decided to bust out the Spackle. That darn screw will forever stay stuck in that wall and I figure I can just paint over it so it blends in. Funny thing is is that the one on the other side came right out! 

So that is why a 10 minute project turned in to 2.5 hours but in the end I think I am happy with the out come. I have to wait and see come tomorrow morning when the lighting is better.

So what projects have you worked on that were suppose to be simple but turned out otherwise?