Remodeling Project Gifts

Why it's bad when home owners change their minds about the bathroom's location late in a building project.

"Would you like your custom blinds to get stuck on the left or on the right?"

Schubert's Unfinished Basement

'We're waiting for an estimate that doesn't make him do that.'

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

'I don't know what he gets up to in there, but it keeps him busy.' (Noises are recorded, man reads paper, has beer.)

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

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

"Maybe the termite problem should take precedence over the chimney problem."

'What kind of alteration did you have in mind?'

Looks Like They're Finally Renovating The Toilet

'We finished all the repairs in the cafeteria kitchen this morning, but the food still tastes lousy.'

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

"So, how's the money pit in the kitchen coming?"

"I'm bored - let's buy a house in the country that has lots of problems."

"The white flag means he gives up and will finally hire a professional to finish the renovation."

'Gerald was stripping some old wallpaper, and there it was - Leonard Da Vinci's lost fresco ‘The Battle of Anghiari'.'

'I'm so excited to be remodeling the bathroom'

DIY enthusiasts find a time portal behind their old wallpaper

Cutaway view of house undergoing renovation

"Do you prefer the tile engineered to look like wood, or the wood engineered to look like tile?"

"If you can successfully complete a building permit for your home renovation, you win a prize!"

Multitool Knife

"Well..I think the old Thermograph machine I rescued from work goes a treat with our kitchen units."

'I don't care if they are cheaper...we're not using them!'

'Mary, I believe in historic preservation, too, but ... '

'I think this is deep enough for the foundations!'

"We've decided to convert the dungeon into studio apartments, so kill all the prisoners."

'On today's market a property like this could fetch 175k... but with themed rooms, stone cladding, avocado bathroom suite and garden gnomes, you're talking closer to 95..!'

"We want it to look lived in, but not necessarily by us."

"It's not so much a fixer upper as a tear it downer."

'Great to see the ol' museum is finally getting a face-lift.' An old building getting a medical face-lift

"All new appliances, brand new subway tile backsplash and a unique kitchen island; notice those coconuts!"

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

"I aways thought it would be stylish to live in a house with high ceilings."