An Ugly Start

Otto von Bismarck once quipped: “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.”   The implication being that a horrendous mess and level of ugliness underlies the process, but the end product appears well-ordered and reveals none of that.

Let’s go with “yes” on this one.

Nearly all of my projects start with ugly.   I suppose it’s my nature.  I tend to organize after the fact—not during the process.

Yesterday, I needed two nuts and two bolts and then needed to drill two holes to complete the venting panel I made for my sunroom’s air conditioner.  Posted is a photograph of only part of my the process and then the final product.

I reclaimed my kitchen counter late in the afternoon.

My Kitchen Counter

End Product

—Mitchell Hegman