THE ESSENTIAL LIST FOR A SMOOTH HOME RENOVATIONDO-IT-YOURSELF VS. CONTRACTOR-BASED PROJECTS: WHAT'S SMARTER? 55

That tap wasn't even broken. Just temperamental. You had to turn it slightly left and then back a hair to the right to get usable water. If you messed up the angle, it'd let out a weird sound. Not deafening, but unpleasant — like a kettle screaming. I lived with it for far longer than I should've. Blamed the plumbing. Blamed the apartment. Blamed

You don't always need a collapsed ceiling to know it's time for a shift. Sometimes it's just a subtle itch. A creeper, not explosive. Like when your space starts to feel smaller even though the size never moved. Or when you can't avoid the same sharp edge. Same mark, different day.That's usually how remodeling comes to life. Not always with a visio