Home Makeover Mavens Gifts

"I see the empty nest as a place where an apartment can finally grow up."

Handymen in Hell: 'Now this place is a real fixer-upper...of course, we don't allow hat sort of thing here.'

Let's get organized

Lady using paint roller as rolling pin for baking dough.

Adhesive Tiles: Do Not Open from this End.

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

"I think I perferred the plain magnolia"

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

Non-Drip ?

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

Man finishing painting through flap in door.

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

'Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know the drill.'

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

"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.'

Over 50 shades of grey available.

Pollock Painting Company

"I've fallen in love with red paint."

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

"We can't agree on our kitchen redesign."

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

A Bedroom In The Middle Of Being Redecorated.

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

'Hmmmm...lower.'

Yellow Fever: What you may catch if your painter sneezes.

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

'It would be just like my husband not to like the color.'

"You've done an absolutely fabulous job with the house, Anne, and Gordon's so improved!"

Eggshell blue

"Ok Mr. Bisley, I'll admit it does need a bit of renovation..!"

Lady using paint roller as rolling pin for baking dough.

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

"Well, you could wish for a new kitchen and a bathroom renovation; or alternatively you could just wish for a less idle husband."