I had some good advice from a long time married lady when I was a young bride

....men on the board don't read the rest of this......
She told me that if you have a project that needs done, start it yourself, but make kind of a mess of it, then DH will

tell you "just get out of the way" and it will get finished!

Now, I did try this out a couple of times and it did work.
OK, men of the board, you can resume reading now.