I went off on a tangent about the perils of DIY in my original kitchen remodel post, but I thought it deserved its own permalink:
One problem with the growing DIY movement is that people with little talent and/or experience are making major changes to their houses after ten minutes of incomplete instruction from a television show. I’m all about experimenting and expressing oneself, but people should start small and work their way up to more complex projects. Good examples of overconfident DIY are the counters and floor in our kitchen. There has to be at least a half inch of caulk in a gap between the backsplash and the wall and the floor tiles are a case study in lazy corner cutting (pun intended).
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May 09
The Perils of DIY
I went off on a tangent about the perils of DIY in my original kitchen remodel post, but I thought it deserved its own permalink: