Home Improvement is the Best Hobby Ever
Writing all this makes me realize how much I love home renovation and home renovation stories and DIY jobs. Which is the reason why I thought it’d be fun to write about this.
The fact is that every do-it-yourself job is different because every house has its own personality and every house is different.
There is nothing so much fun as
popping out a few walls and laying down some new tile, or painting a whole house. I’m telling you there is such a feeling of exileration and accomplishment from doing it yourself, and from being able to help your friends or family with one of their weekend projects.
You probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that my favorite TV show is This Old House. Yup, ole Norm Abram is one of my heros.
One there was a local home show exposition and Norm was there as one of the stars of the weekend. Now that was cool! I actually had to stop working in the workshop on one of my projects to go hear Norm talk about his projects and how things are filmed on the show. They make it look like the job goes really fast since they are filming over time. In point of fact their jobs can take quite awhile for two reasons. The first is because they are dealing with complicated projects. The other is because they insist on a high quality of craftsmanship. I guess there is a 3rd reason too, and that is that they have lots of volunteers and lots of specialized subcontractors so that can slow a project down also. Ou have to admit, however, that the work that results on the This Old House show is first rate renovation.