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I tend to put off starting them. I will figure out what I am going to to and what I need. Buy the materials and or tools and then they sit until I feel like working on it.
There are some projects I get to a point where I am dearding the next step or I am nervous about my ability to complete it propoperly, so I find excuses to put it off. I have a closet I built int he mudroom where I need to cut down some folding doors and instal them. The doors are pretty old and were part of our house. I get one shot to cut them correctly. If I ruin them, I will probably have to re-build the closet to change the opeining size to fit a modern door. My Chop saw has a problem (the guide rail is not straight - thank you harbor freight), so I am a bit concerend about messing up. Thus I have put this particualr project off for three years wiating for a chance when my brother is visiting to help me. I actually once hired a handyman to instal those doors for me, but he gave me a price and then never came back when I asked him to come do it.
So sometimes, I stop before finishing the project, but not usually. However it is not unusually to have a hiatus of five or ten weekends when I am otherwise occupied and cannot work on a project.
You guys sound just like us. I guess a home is always a project in progress and one thing will always lead to another.
We enjoy it although usually some sort of argument ensues while the project is underway. My husband is so damn bossy. If he would just do everything I say, there would be no arguments.
We decided to paint the house this year. We had an 8' slider with the seal broken, so we decided to replace it with 6' french doors before we painted. Now a 6' door left about 2' of space needing to be filled. Initially, I was going to just put up some plywood and re-side it to match the existing siding. The day before we started removing the slider, we decided a window would look better there above the dog door we'd be putting in. So we demoed the slider, framed and installed the new french doors. We also framed for the new dog door. Once that was complete, we measured and ordered a new window. We're currently waiting for the window to arrive (it's been 10 weeks). In the meantime, we painted the house, the trim and the front door. Finishing around the french and dog doors is waiting on the window too, both inside and out. At the rate things are going, we won't be able to finish painting around the doors until next year.
No, my husband is the King of stalling a DYI project. As usual he is stalling on trim. He hates trim jobs.
He also stalls on painting. I have a slider to put in but he won't commit to it. Even if I hire someone to do it he is hesitant.
But I love that over the years he has helped people build their homes and additions. He is a Jack of all trades.
That has always been to our advantage.
However, yes...he stalls, and stalls, and stalls. Sooner or later it will get done, and I am hoping it is sooner.
We enjoy it although usually some sort of argument ensues while the project is underway. My husband is so damn bossy. If he would just do everything I say, there would be no arguments.
Yeah - come on... we really know who is the bossy one here and gets their way.
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We decided to paint the house this year. We had an 8' slider with the seal broken, so we decided to replace it with 6' french doors before we painted. Now a 6' door left about 2' of space needing to be filled. Initially, I was going to just put up some plywood and re-side it to match the existing siding. The day before we started removing the slider, we decided a window would look better there above the dog door we'd be putting in. So we demoed the slider, framed and installed the new french doors. We also framed for the new dog door. Once that was complete, we measured and ordered a new window. We're currently waiting for the window to arrive (it's been 10 weeks). In the meantime, we painted the house, the trim and the front door. Finishing around the french and dog doors is waiting on the window too, both inside and out. At the rate things are going, we won't be able to finish painting around the doors until next year.
Sounds like it might end up being a cold winter if that window doesn't arrive soon.
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Originally Posted by Summering
No, my husband is the King of stalling a DYI project. As usual he is stalling on trim. He hates trim jobs.
He also stalls on painting. I have a slider to put in but he won't commit to it. Even if I hire someone to do it he is hesitant.
But I love that over the years he has helped people build their homes and additions. He is a Jack of all trades.
That has always been to our advantage.
However, yes...he stalls, and stalls, and stalls. Sooner or later it will get done, and I am hoping it is sooner.
Honey? Honey? Is that you? I think you may be the subconciousness of my wife. I;m sure what you are saying is EXACTLY what she is thinking. I always tell my wife - Hey..... the price of the labor is right.
Only thing about hiring a handyman or somebody like that to do the last few things is I just know they are going to do work that I'll be critical of and be upset that they didn't do it as good as I could have done.... and I am free. HA!
My mother once told me she thinks this is due to the fact that once you reach that almost-done point, you can easily visualize your dream coming to fruition and don't need to complete it to feel the satisfaction. The dopamine has come and gone, so what's the point?
I personally feel (after many years of procrastination and watching my mother procrastinate) that once you get to that almost-done point, you realize that it isn't going to turn out exactly they way you'd dreamed and is NOT going to substantially change your life for the better, so what's the point?
I've dealt by trying to be more realistic about what I will and will not finish. I can visualize something right down to the end, agree with myself that it is a great idea, accept that I don't have the time and energy to see it through, and then go do something that really needs doing, like the dirty dishes.
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