small battles

When we moved in, I noticed a small 3" x 3" block of plywood stuck to the ceiling in the corner of our bathroom. The bathroom had been renovated fairly recently, so neither of us knew what a small block of wood would be doing amongst the newly painted walls and such. I wanted to take it down, but didn't want to deal with the possible repercussions of that action... I mean, was it covering a hole? keeping the house from falling down?

 

Then, while cleaning out the bathroom fan the other day, Wade decided to rip it off - come what may! And behold... nothing. Just a few chips in the drywall from where it had been stuck. We were both baffled... but then it came to me: the previous owners had had an extendible rod with shelving in the corner of their tub, and they'd put the wood block up there for support. Insert deep sigh of relief here.



 

So many strange battles to fight when renovating a new house...