is taking on a home improvement project really worthwhile,or should it be left

My step-dad works construcion, so anything hat needs to be done around my mother's and his place gets done easily. Home iprovement projects sould be left to people who know what hey are doing. They may e professionals, or they may just be regular people with talet. Either way, make sure people know what they are doing before taking on such a project.

im up to my eyeballs in home improvements myself. painting stripping refinishing, demolishing walls, rebuilding stairs.. you name it!! my home is very old and very neglected, and needs a whoooole lotta tlc (and elbow grease!) and for most of it.. we are doing it ourselves.. my husband and i.. as a team. building our home together from one end to the other and making it our own. for the bigger more difficult things like electrical work and full plumbing, we are hiring professionals.. but there is alot to e said of the satisfactions that come from doing it yerself.. having the ability to stand back and admire work you did with yer own hands and say "*I* did that!!" and creating the memories thatll last forever

I personally have no skill in home improvements. normally if I need renovation, I will ask the specialist to give me an estimate and if it is within my budget I will go ahead with the renovation.

I would do everything that i could then call in the professionals for the things that i couldn't do.

Some people are able to do major things, not me. I can change a door knob, probably fix a toliet, but I'm not taking down a wall or messing with electricity, I know my limits.

I've been known, in my younger days, to go up trees to cut limbs, but even there, there are limbs and then there are LIMBS. Some jobs should be left to professionals, at least when you are talking about someone like me.

I have been doing DIY all my life and I learned most of the skills from my father and some professional trades people over the years. I rarely employ a professional unless it is something I know I cannot tackle. Lately I have employed some professional painters to paint the eaves of the house because it is a bit too high for me these days.

My husband is fixing up the basement, that is until he had his small stroke. He can do most of it, like framing it and rewiring, but he might not be able to put the paneling in or do the heavy work so he is leaving that to the professionals. We will also get someone to do the landscaping, and the rest of the house. So part of it he will do himself, and that which he cannot, will get someone else to do it. It all depends on the money situation. Professionals cost a bit more than doing it yourself.

It depends entirely on experience. My husband is going to build a new deck and sunroom onto our house, but he has experience at this kind of thing.

If it came to putting in a new bathroom or room addition, I think we'd have to hire professionals to do it. It's safer that way and you know that it will pass inspection.

Around our home, there are many self-employed people. I will hire them to do smaller things, like checking our well-water to make sure it is useable and healthy.

But as far as decorating goes, I'm definitely a "do-it-yourselfer"! I took a course in interior decorating/design. I also look through magazines for ideas. Things like new pillows I never buy. They are so easy to make and a lot cheaper, too! I make our curtains and drapery and new covers for the furniture.

Anything really major, though, I believe should be left to professionals. They KNOW what they're doing, get permits if they're needed, walk through with inspectors, etc.

well its jusy about perfection that you either achieve throught the professional way or through ourselves moreover it also depends on how much finances do you have and therefore you can tkae the step according to your finances mmoreover the desigenrs are experienced in their work so they know how to utilise the each and every dimension of your mansion

It would depend on the project. If I planned to redo my kitchen or bath I'd need a professional to install sinks, cabinets etc. My next project is to redecorate this second bedroom and turn it into a home office that we want it to be. I've already bought the paint and supplies. I've got the fabric sitting here ready to sew into curtains as well. Those types of things I can do myself. If I hired someone to do that, it would cost me 4 times the amount (at least) that its costing me now. Besides, I enjoy it, even though it will take me longer than a professional and I'll pay with pain later for my efforts. I even do my own landscaping when able. Why pay someone when I can't afford that anyway?