All I Need To Know About Life I Learned From the "Instruction Manual"

1. Sometimes not all the parts are there
2. If at first you don't succeed, reread the "tools needed" page
3. If you still don't succeed, just turn to page two
4. Duct tape is your friend
5. Sometimes you just have to toss the instruction manual out the window
6. Just remember, diagrams and words don't always go together
7. You can never have too much glue
8. All problems can be solved with a hammer, some nails and some duct tape
9. All instruction manuals look better when they have color pictures
10. Sometimes following the pictures makes more sense than following the written instructions
11. Keep all receipts
12. Cheap good, cheap bad
13. If the project doesn't look like the picture, put a plant on top of it
14. If the shelves are a little crooked, put it against the wall
15. If the shelves are really crooked, the floor's not level
16. A little paint and no one will ever see the nail holes
17. A little decorative touch will hide any construction flaws
18. You will always be short one peg - so improvise!
19. You can build anything with a hammer, a Phillips screwdriver, a couple of screws, some paint and a little imagination.
20. The furniture you build is never ugly
21. When all else fails, take it apart and start over
22. "Pre-drilled holes" means you're going to need to do some serious work
23. "Pre-set nail holes" aren't pre-set
24. The pieces are always heavier once they're out of the box
25. "Easy to install paneling" isn't easily installed
26. Nails will solve any construction problem