Our bathroom mirror/sink/cabinet broke last night. I put something down too hard in the cabinet and it came off the wall. That goes to show how (non) sturdy that cabinet was! Tetsu was in the middle of a sports show on TV and I hated to pull him away and have to explain how I managed to break the cabinet, but then again, how long could I stand there holding it up with one hand while I desperately removed make-up and lotions and toothbrushes and shavers from the little shelves.
(Our cabinet in better days with stuff in the shelves.)And even with all the stuff off of the cabinet, I still stood there foolishly trying to think up a good way to remove myself from the situation without the whole caboodle coming crashing to the floor.
"Hmmm. I could stay here for another 30 minutes until the TV program is finished... but Tetsu will be asleep on the sofa by then."
With a lot of acrobatic maneuvering I finally grabbed a roller mop within reaching distance (still holding the cabinet up against the wall) and then proceeded to figure out how it could be used as a prop. Roller mops roll around the sink. After wedging the mop handle against the towel rack and praying that the whole thing didn't slip while I was out of range, I toodled into the living room and nonchalantly mentioned to Tetsu that the bathroom mirror/sink/cabinet was broken and could he come and look at it.
Tetsu jumped to his feet and came to have a look.
"How did that happen?"
"I put something down too hard?"
"Well, it's been getting shakey for awhile now. It was bound to happen."Good-bye to the sports show. The two of us removed light bulbs and poked around with screwdrivers and pliers.
"Well, it can't be fixed tonight. I'll see if I can buy some butterfly screws tomorrow."
Tetsu TIED the cabinet to the laundry pole. I sure hope he can get it fixed soon. I spent a lot of time this morning looking for my contact lenses, toothbrush, hairbrush and make-up amongst the stuff I'd piled on the washing machine, towel rack, hamper and even stairway.
A non-sturdy cabinet is better than no cabinet at all.
4 comments:
Omigosh--well, that was something different, lol! My sports fan husband would have trouble coming immediately to my aid as well. Hope everything is put to rights again soon.
I have a feeling that Japanese wll-board is not fit to hang anything heavy on. Even our electric lights come loose and they weigh nothing at all and of all the air con units, none of the remotes are still fastened to the wall either. Glad you didn't get hurt.
I'm with Julie, glad you weren't injured by the cabinet falling or getting bonked on the head w/ a can of hair spray...my problem wouldn't be putting something down too hard...it would be putting just toooo much stuff in the cabinet...hugs, Pat in IN
Time for a new cabinet. I get so tired of cobbling old stuff back together all the time.
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