Professional Help
Q: Do I Need Professional Help?
Most of our viewers are in a quandary when it comes to "doing it yourself" or having someone better trained and with more experience helping them out with home remodeling, building, and design projects. Bottom line: if you want to do it yourself, knock yourself out! But you may want professional help to keep your sanity and get a better final result. This episode covers Irwin and Nicola's advice and tips on how to go about hiring a professional designer or contractor, the importance of doing advance research, how to get referrals, getting your project specs in writing, managing your expectations of the job, and the importance of BEING NICE to the hired help!
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For those who love a do-it-yourself challenge, the Design2Share Bookworms have the following titles we'd like to recommend to our viewers: House Beautiful's 750 Desinger Secrets (Hearst Books 2005); 150 Best House Ideas, Ana G. Canizares (Collins Design/HarperCollins 2005); Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan (Bantam 2006). BeJane's Guide to Home Empowerment: Projects to Change the Way You Live, Heidi Baker and Eden Jarrin (Clarkson Potter 2006); and DIY to the Rescue: 50 Home Improvement Projects, Karl Champley and Amy Devers (Lark Books/Sterling Publishing 2006). Check out www.BeJane.com for home empowerment tips and projects, and we highly recommend the amazing design weblog at www.apartmenttherapy.com.
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