Home Makeover Lover Gifts

"When does the improvement part of this improvement project kick in?"

"Sure my first quote was less. That was before I found the body in the wall."

"And here we have the 47-piece main floor bathroom. It should be a four-piece once they get it all put back together."

"Peter says all these decorating programmes have given him a marvellous idea!"

"Feng Shwoops!"

"Honey, look-those are the tiles I was thinking about for the kitchen."

Extreme Makeover: Old Woman Who Lives in a Basketball Shoe Edition.

"Be honest...did you actually get any paint on the living room walls?"

'I've just bought this territory: I'm removing the previous owner's markings...'

Couple watching property programme - 'No sign of a downturn in the property programme market...'

"Hello, and welcome to 'Homes Under the Hammer. . .'"

Let's get organized

Lady using paint roller as rolling pin for baking dough.

"I spilled a red dot of paint, so I painted the whole room so you wouldn't notice it."

"I agree, the place was a tear-down, but I just remembered we were only renting it."

'Can I invite my friends round to watch, Mom?'

"I think I perferred the plain magnolia"

"I said to myself, 'Maybe I can't change the world, but I can remodel my bathroom.' "

'We want it painted the colour of money!'

"We needed to replace our kitchen floor and it kind of grew from there."

A holiday at home

'You had to put a skylight in didn't you?'

Cartoon showing a group snails, one has a large shell underneath him. Another snail, observing, says to his mate: "Another basement conversion.".

'I WANTED to paint the room a shade of green, but gave up somewhere between chartreuse and citrine.'

"Hon, do you think the accent wall was a mistake?"

'For our next party, let's invite a carpenter, a painter and an upholsterer so they can help us clean up afterward.'

'I wanted a change in decor.'

"...when you're through in there, my kids room could use a demonstration too."

'So, how much to remove this ugly old tree? $1750. It's not THAT ugly.'

Paint/Paint Remover, Glue/Glue Remover...

'For heaven's sake Janet - where have you disappeared to now?'

Waiting to do the second coat was the worst part. It was like watching paint dry.

'Letting him buy the stupid guns was the only way I'd ever get him to paint the house.'

'Now, it does require some modernisation. . . .'

Sleeping on the Job