It must have been the fairies

With the en-suite nearing completion, it was inevitable we would have another mishap before we could kick this room into action. Spotting a flat and tidy surface at the end of the covered bed, the tilers took the view that it would make an excellent workbench. The fact this is a mothballed bedroom, with furniture covered in tarpaulin while the botched tiling in the en-suite was being addressed, didn’t really click and out came the hacksaw to cut the metal tile-trim. Underneath was a highly polished mahogany chest of drawers and bedside cabinet…

So tying in neatly with the “one step forward, two steps back” strategy, the guys will now have to call in a furniture restorer to repair the damage.

When confronted with the damaged furniture, the tilers denied they had ever been using the surface for cutting: “We cut the stuff on the flair [read: floor]”. With metal shavings covering the tarpaulin, alongside bits of tile trim, it was hardly worth arguing about the course of events. Impressive.