Renovator Gifts

'I found the termites!'

"They send me in after the works done to handle any complaints."

'I know it's hard to believe, but before this, I'd never built a thing!'

Prime Minister: did you want the Houses of Parliament knocked down completely? If not - my bad...

"I pulled up the rocks and what do you know? Hardwood floors!"

Painting by the numbers for adults

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

Painting the Ceiling

'I love my new easylife artist's easel.'

"In my life, I've had seven cars, six jobs, five houses, four bypass operations, and three wives!"

'We've knocked out the interior walls to improve our home Wi-Fi coverage.'

"Yes, we do accept resumes online, but there's more to it than giving me your computer with your resume on it."

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

'And when you're done here honey, I have a nice periwinkle picked out for the foyer!'

'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?"

Looks Like They're Finally Renovating The Toilet

"Are you sure there wasn't a floor model?"

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

' ... and this is the half bath.'

"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'

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

Cutaway view of house undergoing renovation

DIY enthusiasts find a time portal behind their old wallpaper

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

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

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

'Harry won't even build me a new kitchen.'

"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."

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