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When DIY Fails You

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Guys.  Keeping in real over here.  Sometimes, DIY fails you.  It fails you BIG TIME.  Then costs you $800.  Because you refuse to DIY the same project over again.  Because you are frustrated and pissed and just don't have the energy to start over.  So here it is.  Remember two years ago when I built the outdoor couches?  Then stained them last year to match the Adirondack chairs?  Which, by the way- I sold 4 of those chairs.  I'll explain later.  Remember last year when I built the privacy flower bed also seen above?  Well........ what had happened was...... A few months ago we had some serious wind storms.  Like 60+ mph winds.  Apparently the 700 lb flower bed was no match for that wind.  This is what I came home to one night- view from my kitchen window.  Now, I said 700 lbs.  I was slightly exaggerating.  But for real, this thing weighs at least 300 lbs.  So much that I had to wait a month for someone to come home to help me put it back upright and reatta