#8 of the Top 10 Sanity Savers While Remodeling
The energy meter for critical thinking can take a serious hit in a major project stretching several months. Protect your sanity by narrowing the field of choices with color palettes.
#7 of the Top 10 Sanity Savers When Remodeling
Remodeling sometimes moves you and the kids out of the job site but you don’t have to feel displaced. Make your exile an adventure with these tips.
#6 of the top 10 Sanity Savers When Remodeling
Animals are curious and will get them selves into messes. Thinking about them before you begin a job will save you and them a great deal of stress. Making arrangements before hand will save you money.
#4 of the Top 10 Sanity Savers When Remodeling
#4 It is ok to stand your ground. You are going to have to make sacrifices and compromises like we talked about in tip #3, but following my #1 and #2 tip gives you the confidence to stand your ground. What are the key elements that are going to pull this whole remodel together for…
Now is a Great Time to Quit Gardening.
This year was the best year I have ever had gardening, but it has not always been an activity I have enjoyed. In fact, it was eight years ago that I quit gardening. I was discouraged to the point that I dreaded heading over to the garden I was cooping with a friend. My kids…
3 ways I make sure I have time to be creative
Taking time out of my crazy life to be creative is not something I have placed value on. There never seems to be enough time in the day for chores let alone for making additional messes. In the last few years I have felt the slump of letting thing that refresh me slide down lower…
#2 of the Top 10 Sanity Savers when Remodeling
2. Create an idea file During our remodel we embarked on a dream that we had actually begun 15 years earlier with a box of scraps. It was full of pages with ideas, wants and likes, before “likes” were a thing. One of my favorite memories of the whole project was the day we pulled…
#1 of the Top 10 Sanity Savers when Remodeling
1. We hired an architect. Old houses have personality. They have character and they have big quirks that can make or break your project. An architect can help you sift through you wants and desires and assess what is possible, practical and what is gong to take too much of your remodeling budget. Ever situation…
Join me for a featured series, 10 sanity savers when remodeling
If you have a house that is going to need work at any point in time you are going to want to follow this series. My family of 12 just finished sweeping up the last of the dust from our huge whole house renovation. We are not handy. We have never done this before, but…
