Spent 2 years installing crown molding backwards, noticed when my helper pointed it out

I've done crown molding for a long time, about 2 years full time. Always set the spring angle the same way, nailed it up, looked fine to me. Then last Tuesday my helper squints at a piece and goes 'uh, isn't the detail supposed to face the ceiling, not the floor?' I looked closer and sure enough, the profile was upside down. The shadow line looked wrong but I never noticed because the rooms had tall ceilings and bad lighting. Thing is, nobody ever said anything. Not the homeowners, not the GC, nobody. So I redid the last three rooms with the correct orientation and it looks way better. Has anyone else had a basic thing they got wrong for ages and only caught it because someone younger or newer pointed it out? How do you catch stuff like that when it becomes habit?

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craig.reese11d ago

Kinda like wearing your shirt inside out for a year, right?