• It's pretty disruptive your life and no matter what you try to do - it impacts the whole family too!

As ,much as you plan, there are many surprises!

No matter how many people warn you what it is like to live in a house under remodel; you really have no idea until it is too late and you ask yourself "what have I done???"

Things look worse before they look better.

You've checked references, asked questions, tried to do your homework.... but it is still a leap of faith

As a Realtor and an avid home decorator/home re modeler, I approve of this message!

Very clever and true!

Love this!

And it takes longer than you may have thought...and costs $$...

They are alike

So true!!

leap of faith

@@CowgirlJane

nice new topic

love each one of your bullets

all great, and true

can't GIVE any more words of wisdom

but I will BORROW your great comments!!

keep up your amazing job

no surprise to me that you lost 158 lbs

keep up the great job you've been doing for the past 4 years

i ALWAYS knew you would be a success

you've always been aces in my book!!

kathy

I'll add, it always costs more than your budget but if you choose a good team, are ready to take the plunge, and do your homework, the results will be better than you ever imagined.

well, today was supposed to be the last day of this phase... of course, they didn't finish....

contractor gave me some great tips on next phase though - I would definately recommend this guy. I am doing countertops directly with a countertop place (saves the 20% markup and i am on a low budget!) and doing my own handles/knob replacement (keeping my cabinets and floorplan for kitchen). He made suggestions on colors for countertops and style of knobs/pulls that will look good with everything else and update things considerably. Once he said it, I knew it was right! it is really great when you find a team you can work with!