Renovation Radical Gifts

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

Lady using paint roller as rolling pin for baking dough.

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

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

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

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

'Can you tell me how my new kitchen is coming along?'

A holiday at home

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

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

Looks Like They're Finally Renovating The Toilet

"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'.'

"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!"

DIY enthusiasts find a time portal behind their old wallpaper

Cutaway view of house undergoing renovation

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

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

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

'Have you got one of those things you use to knock nails in...?'

'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..!'

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

"See, Honey, I told you that TV would fit in this room!"

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

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

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

'Apart from his awful workmanship, my hubby's handy work is fine.'

A cock up of builders

The Old Woman was thrilled to bits with her shoestring budget makeover!!

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

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

Inventor of the Tudor spirit-level