Ok this is a rant. My husband and I usually are good with projects. There is this one thing though...my husband sees what's in front of him, sort of like blinders,...and I see how things affect everything else. If you say I am going to do this. I am going to think it all out and plan and trouble shoot.
So we started the coop. I show him where I want the nesting boxes,..how I want high ones for chicks, lower for ducks,..draw out how I want the exterior of the nesting boxes,...where I want the windows,..and the door. He of course puts the door on the side as opposed to the back like I wanted. But I figure hey if that's all he changed whooopeee! Coop just needs siding and shingles and we are good to go. Will insulate nearer september and add interior walls. I had him throw tar paper on the roof and stop the exterior to get the run up because well heck we already have chicks and ducks. So I say I want it like this, and he says no it has to be like this. So I say that won't work and he goes about doing it his way any way. So I come home and almost just die. It was just totally nonsensical,..no particular shape,..just random, not level, even by eye,..board here there, different woods, pressure treated, green board and so on. I just stood there, and I hate to admit this, i just said you gotta stop this. This is huge and it just looks terrible. I then pointed out he had no way to cover the run around where the coop is (he decided to enclose the coop in the run) the coop is really high maybe 14 feet tall, so a 7 or 8 foot run,..well it would end up cutting off where the door frame is,...just totally nonsensical. So I stopped him,..and now we are at a standstill....he already cemented in 4x4 in thee random spots,..I feel terrible,...but I just can't imagine going out and looking at it every day. He spent time making a decent coop,..looks nice,..so a run gone haywire just, well i just couldn't take it.
Am I terrible???
So we started the coop. I show him where I want the nesting boxes,..how I want high ones for chicks, lower for ducks,..draw out how I want the exterior of the nesting boxes,...where I want the windows,..and the door. He of course puts the door on the side as opposed to the back like I wanted. But I figure hey if that's all he changed whooopeee! Coop just needs siding and shingles and we are good to go. Will insulate nearer september and add interior walls. I had him throw tar paper on the roof and stop the exterior to get the run up because well heck we already have chicks and ducks. So I say I want it like this, and he says no it has to be like this. So I say that won't work and he goes about doing it his way any way. So I come home and almost just die. It was just totally nonsensical,..no particular shape,..just random, not level, even by eye,..board here there, different woods, pressure treated, green board and so on. I just stood there, and I hate to admit this, i just said you gotta stop this. This is huge and it just looks terrible. I then pointed out he had no way to cover the run around where the coop is (he decided to enclose the coop in the run) the coop is really high maybe 14 feet tall, so a 7 or 8 foot run,..well it would end up cutting off where the door frame is,...just totally nonsensical. So I stopped him,..and now we are at a standstill....he already cemented in 4x4 in thee random spots,..I feel terrible,...but I just can't imagine going out and looking at it every day. He spent time making a decent coop,..looks nice,..so a run gone haywire just, well i just couldn't take it.
Am I terrible???
but make it as a fun team sport.... remember:
