Home/building renovation show recommendation?

[mikebw]

bobinmurphy wrote:
Also, if there's any way to avoid it, don't try living in the space you're renovating. It's messy, it complicates the heck out of everything and it's a real pain to try and keep things clean enough to live in yet vacant enough to work on.

HA! The story of my life. Every new project necessitates some degree of disarray, which I don't mind, but the spouse does mind. The harder you try to keep things clean the longer a project will take. Definitely a balancing act.

[BernDog]

bobinmurphy wrote:
No matter how many shows you watch they all make it look easy and not very time consuming. Doing anything like you are thinking about takes a lot of time, patience and skill. If you have the time and patience you can learn the skills. The shows will help but nothing teaches better in things like this than actually doing it. However, be prepared to redo some things as you improve your skills. I'd suggest doing things a little at a time so you have less to redo as you build your skill set. Don't do one thing all the way thru like putting up all the sheetrock in all the rooms before moving onto the next step. Do one wall or one room at a time and move it to the next step before moving to the next room.

Also, if there's any way to avoid it, don't try living in the space you're renovating. It's messy, it complicates the heck out of everything and it's a real pain to try and keep things clean enough to live in yet vacant enough to work on.

Really just looking for something entertaining for the kids