My Top 4 Home Renovation Mistakes

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My hope is that in sharing this with you, you’ll be more equipped for your own home renovation. I hope you find this post helpful!

CHOOSING THE WRONG CONTRACTOR

In hindsight, I wish I had asked a LOT more questions, interviewed more options, and had more flexibility with our timeline so that we could hire someone else.

NOT BEING PREPARED FOR OLD HOUSE PROBLEMS

The walls were framed with actual 2x4s (not the smaller, modern ones), then strips of cedar planks were affixed to them. And then dry wall was added on top . Demo took forever because of this.

PICKING A PAINT COLOR BASED ON THE NAME

This is one of my most embarrassing renovation mistakes. I know, I know… Now I swatch colors.

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