I think it has something to do with scale...bryghtboyMarch 9 2006, 16:19:08 UTC
When I first heard that you guys were going to buy a house and possibly do some of the work instead of hiring a contractor I was really excited about the prospect... After seeing the amount of work needed it got more than a little daunting and more than a little scary... so I can only imagine how you feel.
There is something pretty basic in the whole renovation process that I think leads to the feeling of being disempowered. Imagine telling someone that you want a green leather couch about 5 feet long and comfy and then handing over 800 bucks, never going to happen, people want to sit on couches and shop around its human nature I think. So why should home renovation be any different. When my Mom reno'ed our old house she told me that the only reason she could make any decisions at all about what was going in there was the fact that she wasn't planning on living there. You can't be there 100% of the time and so you need people to help you, so thank the almighty that you have some kick-ass family. Though its harder in some ways, anyone else you could just haul off and yell at them when you feel frustrated or fire them. And it would be nice to sit on a few different green couches... or maybe that brown one over there...
Re: I think it has something to do with scale...nellisirMarch 10 2006, 01:49:10 UTC
There are alot of steps in renovating a house; even, in some ways, more than in building a new one. Without a clear sense of what's happening and how long it will take, there are times when it just gets incredibly frustrating. I do it for a living, but working on my own house still makes me want to scream.
There is something pretty basic in the whole renovation process that I think leads to the feeling of being disempowered. Imagine telling someone that you want a green leather couch about 5 feet long and comfy and then handing over 800 bucks, never going to happen, people want to sit on couches and shop around its human nature I think. So why should home renovation be any different. When my Mom reno'ed our old house she told me that the only reason she could make any decisions at all about what was going in there was the fact that she wasn't planning on living there. You can't be there 100% of the time and so you need people to help you, so thank the almighty that you have some kick-ass family. Though its harder in some ways, anyone else you could just haul off and yell at them when you feel frustrated or fire them. And it would be nice to sit on a few different green couches... or maybe that brown one over there...
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