You know how it is when you start on a simple job, but then realise that while you are ding that, you might as well do this, because you have now done the prep work and it will only take another 5 minutes.
So I decided to put up the under-cupboard light in the kitchen that I bought at Ikea last week. Then I thought that actually it would be neater if it connected to the junction box behind the cupboard, but that meant taking the cupboard off the wall. Having emptied the cupboard and taken it down, I realised how much more convenient that cupboard would be with 3 rather than 2 shelves. So i found a suitable piece of wood in the garage and cut it to size. So far only 30 minutes. Wiring everything up, drilling new holes for pegs for the shelf in the cupboard, getting the shelf to fit, getting the cupboard back on the wall and then refilling it – another 2 hours.
Still I have had time for some painting as well:
