Collection Seven

Unpainted putty

S Reay

Anonymous

"A few years ago, my daughter ran to the door with great excitement to greet the high school girl that looked after her once a week. A bit too much excitement. She put her arm through the glass. It made a bit of a mess but luckily only a few stitches and a ‘smiley’ scar. The glass is fixed, but the putty still not painted as a small reminder of a pretty stressful moment."

Unpainted putty

S Reay

Anonymous

"A few years ago, my daughter ran to the door with great excitement"

Unpainted putty

Sorry cake

Sara Nelson

Anonymous

"This is what our back door frame looks like now. We glued it back together after I got locked out in only my underwear during a very stormy day and had to break into my own house (though the lock held, the door frame didn't). And here is the cake I made for my mother immediately afterwards."

Sorry cake

Sara Nelson

Anonymous

"This is what our back door frame looks like now."

Sorry cake

Daughter mark

Caylee Zoe

Anonymous

"My daughter leaves her mark in the living room each day. By morning it's clean and she starts again."

Daughter mark

Caylee Zoe

Anonymous

"My daughter leaves her mark in the living room each day. By morning it's clean and she starts again."

"My daughter leaves her mark in the living room each day."

Daughter mark

Squiggly Line

Nichola Rose

Anonymous

"One morning I woke up and noticed this squiggly line in the window. I looked a little closer and saw who created it."

Squiggly Line

Nichola Rose

Anonymous

"One morning I woke up and noticed this squiggly line in the window. I looked a little closer and saw who created it."

"One morning I woke up and noticed this squiggly line in the window."

Squiggly Line

Paws on window

Ella

Anonymous

"This is a pretty obvious mark in our house, from years of the dog asking to be let outside. It's far too late to un-train her."

Paws on window

Ella

Anonymous

"This is a pretty obvious mark in our house, from years of the dog asking to be let outside. It's far too late to un-train her."

"It's far too late to un-train her."

Paws on window

DIY

S Reay

Anonymous

"I’m sure I’m not the first try a bit of DIY to tidy up the stereo cables and run them under the floor. Re-taught the age old adage - measure twice, drill once."

DIY

S Reay

Anonymous

"I’m sure I’m not the first try a bit of DIY to tidy up the stereo cables and run them under the floor. Re-taught the age old adage - measure twice, drill once."

"Re-taught the age old adage - measure twice, drill once."

DIY

Dented Guitar

Blair Parkes

Anonymous

"During the earthquakes a bookend fell and made a hole in my guitar."

Dented Guitar

Blair Parkes

Anonymous

"During the earthquakes a bookend fell and made a hole in my guitar."

Dented Guitar

Relaxed

Blair Parkes

Anonymous

"This is where I've relaxed for fourteen years."

Relaxed

Blair Parkes

Anonymous

"This is where I've relaxed for fourteen years."

Relaxed

Laundry Incident

C Khoo

Anonymous

“My dad’s quite handy around the house, but often thinks a very long time before taking action (a work habit I suppose). About three years ago, he built a bench cabinet for the laundry area in our garage. Had all the measurements worked out and everything, but ended up cutting the hole on the wrong side! So there’s a now filled in hole in our laundry bench, a little reminder of the ‘incident'.”

Laundry Incident

C Khoo

Anonymous

“My dad’s quite handy around the house"

Laundry Incident

neighbours wall

Megan Skinner

Anonymous

Here is the mark my then 5 year old left on our neighbours wall. We had only moved in a week ealier. It's still there 8 years later but they have just put their house up for sale so expect it to be gone soon...

neighbours wall

Megan Skinner

Anonymous

"Here is the mark my then 5 year old left."

neighbours wall

Plant Bracket

Stephen Reay

Anonymous

"I am proud of my teenage daughter’s various DYI endeavours. She is often modifying something in her room. I try to be encouraging and offer tips or guidance only when asked. This was an attempt to fix a pot plant holder to the wall. She came home from the hardware store with a mounting bracket and asked if it is ok to drill into the wall. Great start! She had all the right ingredients. Drill, screw, wall. Seems you can’t put a screw in the wall by drilling the back of it as a way to screw to screw it in. While a different approach can sometimes yield great results, tradition ways were needed here. Drill a hole, then use a screw driver. But all sorted in the end."