Home Makeover Master Gifts

"I think I perferred the plain magnolia"

"The building has been restored. The furniture has been restored, and now we're working on Bradford."

'He wanted net curtains in every room, but money was tight so I gave him a veil.'

Stripping the Wallpaper

Do it yourself -- get someone else to do it -- get son to do it -- pay -- don't bother doing it -- move house

Slag Heap paint colour.

"It may not be the hardwood floor we were hoping for, but it's SO much better than that hideous carpeting!"

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."

'And just what makes you think I don't know what I'm doing?!!'

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

'Don't worry. They say the first 24 months of living in a house during remodeling are the hardest.'

'I installed all the floor tiles by myself. I did it all by tile and error.'

A holiday at home

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

Curling your hair for no reason

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

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

'I wanted a change in decor.'

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

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

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

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

"I'll never understand wallpaper."

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

Decorating with Children

A Bedroom In The Middle Of Being Redecorated.

'When does the improvement phase of this home improvement project begin?'

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

Organized chaos.

Sleeping on the Job

'I'm redecorating my den and need a 16 point buck for the wall - see to it, Pendleton!'

"Would you go nuts if I paint EVERYTHING pink!?"