Re: Delaying Home Projects.

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

We just got a new sectional and painted the family room right before it all went bad. I still need window treatments but that will have to wait. I do have someone coming out the first week in May to check the crawlspace of our pool house. There's mold. Hopefully we can get that cleaned up. We don't feel comfortable waiting too long to have that taken care of. Otherwise all things all hold.

DecorDiva · ‎03-02-2014

@LonestarBabs wrote:
Yes. I was in the middle of updating our wet bar with new countertops. Had already removed the bar sink, had the area measured for new granite, and was ready to schedule a visit to the stoneyard to view slabs. There is money on the table just sitting there, but I have to wait until things open up again.

In the meantime, I can proceed with painting the front porch ceiling but don't look forward to getting up on a ladder...

@LonestarBabs - thank goodness it wasn't your kitchen! I started a kitcheb countertop replacement project and had everything demoed when the virus hit so I had no choice but to complete it, Thankfully the installer was able to continue to work. I was super vigilant about wiping down everything after the installers left.

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

We have put off getting a new garage door, outside wood repair, & exterior painting. We haven’t put down new mulch yet either.

Even though our home stores are open with limited customers & hours, we have seen pictures on the news of people in lines waiting outside to get in. I understand people want something to do while they’re at home, but we are not going anywhere like that. The grocery & pharmacy are risky enough for us.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

We are holding off on anything we can't do easily ourselves right now.

Don't want people in the house, don't want to let go of cash for non essentials right now, now knowing what the economic fall out might yet be.

Ibby114 · ‎03-10-2010

@Deb665 wrote:
I have spent my time removing 3 layers of wallpaper from the master bathroom. That was the easy part! Once the paper was down, there was drywall repair to be made and kilz to be applied before I could start painting. I have some ongoing health issues along with back issues, so I'd work a day and have to rest a day. Thank goodness I finished yesterday! There are some smaller projects that I hope to finish soon, but the master bath redo was the biggie!

@Deb665 I need to tear apart my master bedroom too! Your post inspired me to GET STARTED already !!

Rockycoast · ‎03-02-2016

No, we are not delaying our bathroom remodel. We are do it yourselvers and had already started the remodel. Our local in-town hardware store is open. If we need any sort of nut or pipe my husband goes there for it. Masked and gloved, and off he goes. I asked him if there were less people when he would go. He said slightly less, not much. the plumbing isle doesn't seem to be down any. There will always be plumbers working or electricians. Pipes bursting or other household emergencies don't care what is going on in the outside world.

Theoriginallacey · ‎03-28-2012

My husband is a contractor, so I have been having more projects done at home than ever before.

Cookie2025 · ‎03-10-2010

@Deb665 wrote:
I have spent my time removing 3 layers of wallpaper from the master bathroom. That was the easy part! Once the paper was down, there was drywall repair to be made and kilz to be applied before I could start painting. I have some ongoing health issues along with back issues, so I'd work a day and have to rest a day. Thank goodness I finished yesterday! There are some smaller projects that I hope to finish soon, but the master bath redo was the biggie!

Good Grief - that is a job ! Just thinking about the wallpaper removal and skim coats and OH YUCK - I am having nightmares.

Congratulations on finishing and give yourself a pat on the back too.

Cookie2025 · ‎03-10-2010

Before the restrictions on the number of customers are allowed in the stores, our Home Depots looked like a Saturday.

Now the store has implemented restrictions on how many customers are allowed inside.

Everyone has a home project.

sometimesQVCaddict · ‎03-09-2010

I had a HUGE 3 month total kitchen remodel project that just finished 2 days before Christmas Day(I was project manager to save some money which probably added some time because I'm ocd about any project I hire someone to do to be done right and not half you know what)! lol Plus had my own sources for demolition, electric work & plaster repair (old home) where they charged 1/4 what I would have paid to someone else.

2 other rooms I would like to get the original hardwood floors refinished, but that needs to wait till I start working again (currently unemployed due to all this) & feel more comfortable financially.

Luckily I bought paint etc. to do a spare bedroom before the world got crazy. Also purchased new blinds. So I have that to keep me occupied. Hardwood floor was refinished in that room the end of last year, so it just needs me to finish painting walls, ceiling and trim & moving furniture & partial rug in once done! Even have accessories I sourced from what I have elsewhere or had bought a long time ago. So good news that project will cost me zero! (well will need closet doors & curtains, but that can wait!)