During the last property search in our quest to find a new home, we experienced some extreme creativity.  I just always wonder what thought process someone goes through end up where they do.  I’d like to think there is a good reason or any reason at all for why some things come about.

Exhibit A: Ceiling Art.

Let me set the stage… this was an older home that needed much updating and repair.  According to the paperwork, the same woman had owned and lived in it for 42 years and by the looks of things, had picked out the wallpaper when the home was new.  Whew.  We found this impressive ceiling art right inside the door of the back bedroom.  Someone had taken advantage of the interesting crack in the ceiling and had decided by the look of it to shove any and every sharp object handy into it.  Some of the objects include safety pins, thumb tacks, a pearl tipped hat pin and the needle from a bicycle pump.  This is an action I can’t quite imagine an elderly woman doing.  “Well, Let’s see here… what am I to do with this extra safety pin? I know, I’ll stick it into the ceiling of the back bedroom.”

Exhibit B: Auxiliary Backup Handle

This was the door leading to the basement of one of the newer homes we looked at.   First let me point out that this door locks…. from the outside. This might me great for trapping small children in the basement, but what other purpose could it actually serve.  More obvious is the cabinet hardware that has been added above the knob.  I assume this was added as some sort of backup handle, but it actually takes more work to use it as one would still have to turn the knob for the door to unlatch and open.  I mean, really, why?  I guess it’s always prudent to have a backup.