Parents and their Renovations

The picture is from angela adams, she is so creative and what refreshing take on rugs!

So my soon to be in-laws, have pretty much revamped their entire house, and it's amazing. They painted their whole house beige, and are very unique with their "art" choices so its not too boring. The contractor they hired is a dud I have learned that I'd rather fail myself than pay a contractor 10x the money and have them fail. M.I.L and F.I.L had their wooden floors sanded and redone, and the men that got hired damaged the floors, come on contractors you really can't hire people to get the job done PROFESSIONALLY? They messed up the tiling in their master bath and had to rip it all out and start over again, although they didn't have to pay for this "dudness" it adds stress, and loss of trust for future projects that you still have to have done.

Tonight I helped look for rugs with my soon to be M.I.L online and she ended up with wanting a felt shag rug, she needed texture, and I had a lot of fun looking at pretty carpets I know I can't afford, but I did find some inspiration in colors from http://www.angelaadams.com/

So on the opposite side I've been lucky to experience my dad doing the work himself:

My parents have resorted to do their own work on their house, although it takes a year or so longer to get projects done, it feels great when you have the end product and you can say I put hard work and sweat/tears into my house. You end up really appreciating the skills you've gained.

My dad tiled our kitchen floor, 1/2 bath, my bathroom upstairs, and he is now trying to finish up their bathroom. He has also installed a beautiful bamboo floor in our family room (it was so worth the money!)