I am a fan of home improvement projects.  In fact, one of the things I am really looking forward to in having a new home is weekend home improvement projects.  During my home search, I enjoy looking to see what other home owners have come up with and at times will jot notes down when I find something particularly clever that I can do.  I have also learned that while doing a medium to large project like laying tile or building furniture there is a lot of room for errors.  I have seen many of these during my recent home search.  Sometimes it’s apparent that they started with a good idea and then just didn’t quite get there, and other times one has to wonder what the hell they were thinking. 

All and all, there are some basic rules of any construction project that it seems some people are not aware of… like it’s always a good idea to measure.  That brings me to the home we just toured that we have deemed the “house of non-proportion.”  This home at first look seemed nice and spacious, until we started noticing small important details… like not even I can fit my rear end in the space they put the toilet. 

Here we have the first issue with not measuring… please note that they have installed new cabinets. Then they updated their appliances.  Then they noticed that it might have been important to take into account drawer clearance.  There were a total of four drawers in this entire kitchen; only one that will actually open all the way.

Here we have the master bathroom shower.  At first, I didn’t see a thing wrong with it… until Ken stepped into it.  It is apparently not built for anyone larger or taller than I am.  Although, as you can see, he would have a very clean nose.  So we assumed short, smallish people lived here and they had done some custom remodeling to comfortably accommodate being vertically challenged…

Until we entered the basement and saw the gigantic bar.  Ken sat down to pretend to order a drink and felt like a toddler sitting at a restaurant booth without a booster chair.  To be able to use this, we would have either purchased really tall custom made bar stools or grown to be 7 feet tall.