Any DIY'S out there???

[sm4987]

I'm tackling countertops at the moment! I can't tell you how much fun I had destroying my old tile yesterday. I'm replacing them with new venitian gold granite tiles with a stone backsplashon a diagonal. I just finished a Disney themed game room. Anyone else doing something right now?????

 

[Lisa F]

Right now I am working on hanging wallpaper below the chair rail in my dining room, but I have DIYed everything we have done in our house so far (my dad is a carpenter/contractor and helped with the construction type stuff). I did my own backsplash (all by myself, no help from anyone!) a few months ago and I documented it on my website (you can click the various links in this posts to see the pictures if you are interested!)

We just finished the living room, which included running the wiring for new sconces and an overhead light fixture (both antique), putting up crown moulding, repairing the really badly damaged ceiling (about 1/3 of it was sagging from old water damage, it took 2 weeks and to fix that alone), painting, putting up wallpaper border. I have pics of the dining room progress on that website but they are all out of date at this point, I will post befores and afters when I am finished.... but the dining room got new crown moulding, we lowered the ceiling in the bay window to hide the beam that ran across it, wall repair, paint, wallpaper border under the crown and wallpaper below the chair rail.

We also ripped out a closet in the mudroom and created a new laundry nook. Here is a before and during if you are interested.

I like to document my progress, sometimes when things take so long to do you can forget how far you came and what it looked like before... it's nice to see the befores and afters side by side like that.

 

[ADisneygirl]

Nothing as ambitious as all that, but I am in the process of picking out paint colors for the outside. Need to paint when the weather cools a little. It has been 4 years since it's been painted. I have never tackled any big remodeling jobs inside, but I do love to watch DIY shows on HGTV and I even was watching This Old House before I ever owned one! lol...

 

[sm4987]

Lisa, love the backsplash and your counters. It is beautiful.

Adisneygirl, gotta start somewhere. I'm looking to paint the outside of my house to, but that I'm hiring out for. The price quoted is pretty hefty though. Makes me want to think twice about it and do it myself!!!

 

[patsvette]

I love doing all my own stuff,im always looking for something to do or redo over.Last project was adding a master bedroom and master bath,then i decided i didnt like the tiled shower stall and ripped it out and redid it over ,i just got that done this week.Next is reshingle the front half of the roof,backs done before summer then it got to hot to finish front.Then redo the hardwood floor in the front room.and then and then

Ill add some pics of the finished bathroom in a few moments.

 

[patsvette]

Heres my master bath i did,10x16 with cathedral ceilings,corner whirlpool tub ,shower stall tiled to the ceiling,60 inch vanity with 2 sinks with matching mirror to the vanity.The wall sconces are on dimmers to set the mood for those nights the wife and i get alone without the kid(like that will ever happen again. Now its her turn to start decorating it,we needs pics and stuff,plus for christmas i asked for a small lcd tv for the wall so i can sit inthe tub and watch tv.---i can dream cant i.

http://community.webshots.com/album/462605832yJAigz

 

[sm4987]

You want to come over and help my husband?????????!!!!!!!!!!!