Stud finder. Whether you're looking for a stud or only want to hang in drywall, it's handy to know where the studs (and things like drain waste vent pipes) are.

If it looks straight to you, it's straight enough ;) Once I figured that out (along with realizing that I didn't have to hang things at the recommended height), it made hanging art so much easier!

Nail, hammer. 50$ for you my friend

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Unless you’re hanging an extremely heavy picture frame, you don’t need a fastener into a stud to support it. I’ve always used a finish nail into drywall at a slightly upward angle, which should be sufficient to hang the wire or the little bracket on for most reasonably-sized picture frames.

If you’re talking about a massive painting or something like that, you can look up tutorials on YouTube for finding studs and attaching screws to them.

I didn’t know that can be a thing.

Grounds correctly? Do you have a meter measuring the picture?

If you want a nice clean hole in the sink flange I recommend one of these

You’ve hired people to hang up pictures?

sounds like you may have wired some of the receptacles in series instead of parallel... but could be a tone of different wiring issues. Long story short, call an electrician because its messed up and complex and you dont want to risk a diy from reddit to solve imho

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I’m glad you used decent quality materials !

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This is what I was going to say. Plenty of options to make it more complex or upgrade it, but simplest and easiest option is to throw in a larger screw to register more of the stud. Would have to be a large gate to move four 2" screws in a corner pack.

Thank you. I like the grease pen idea. Unfortunately the old panels fell apart!

That's why you don't buy that shit on Amazon. Hardware stores exist for a reason.

Usually a receptacle wired incorrectly will only affect that one receptacle or "outlet."

Incorrectly wiring a switch however can bork a whole room. Bork is a technical term.

You took apart wires in a switch box(es) and didn't rewire it EXACTLY like it was before. Probably because you aren't an electrician and don't know what you don't know.

Either go back and check the switch boxes you opened or better yet call an electrician. This is a small job.

Undermount sink tho.

With the bezel from each light removed, you could put some grease pen grease on the circular edge of the light fixture and mount the panel right up against it, then remove the panel. The grease will transfer where the light was pressed up against the back of the panel and you can cut there.

Also, you could lay the old bad panel over the top of the new one, clamp them together and use the old one to trace or even as a router jig to cut the new one.

Ouch. My parents painted over their popcorn ceilings multiple times. Assuming it has asbestos in it, getting rid of that is going to be expensive.

Do you honestly believe that stuff you buy on Amazon has any safety standards in mind?

A cool hack I saw on Youtube is to stretch a piece of painter's tape or masking tape across the back of the shelf, covering the mounting holes. Mark the hole locations onto the tape, then remove the tape. Now apply the tape to the wall to accurately locate and level the mounting holes.

I think you're gonna have to fight Colin Furze for that (TM) he made that belt of knives a few years ago.