I am not handy.
I have a strange closet in my apartment, it's shaped like a triangle. When I moved in two months ago I envisioned this closet becoming a pantry due to it's odd shape and proximity to the kitchen. Finding triangle shaped shelves that adequately used the space was impossible so with the urging of a few friends I purchased planks of wood and had them cut. It took awhile to find someone with a circular saw who could do the final angle cuts to make them triangles.
Now I have eight triangles. I have spent the morning sanding down the rough edges and in a few minutes I'll be painting them with "Titan Buff" acrylic paint (leftover from a mural project many years ago). The problem is, I'm terrified of the next step. Securing these triangles first to the shelf brackets and then to the drywall scares the sh!it out of me. I am not handy. I do not do woodworking of any kind. I do not know the difference between a drywall screw and a regular screw. I don't own a drill (although I have a borrowed drill).
I need someone handy. Someone who can help me put these shelves up so they are level, correctly spaced and securely anchored to the wall so they will actually hold rather weighty cans of diced tomatoes and such. Of the people I know qualified to help me with this project, none of them live in Chicago. My brother (Austin, TX) could probably manage. My father (Ann Arbor, MI) could probably manage although the level thing would be iffy. A friend's carpenter husband (Baltimore, MD) could definitely do it in mere minutes. Why don't I know people handy with a drill anywhere in the Chicago metro area?
I don't know what I'm going to do with these triangles once I've finished the next step of painting. I'll probably stare at them like I've stared at the empty closet for two months.