Do you do your own painting & decorating, or get a pro in to do it?

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We do our own home handyperson thingy....
My husband is so clever...
I have painted 4 houses, though, inside & out.
 
I always done my own painting and decorating plus putting things up like curtain rails and shelves, my brother bought me a new drill 7 years ago when I moved into the house I'm in now but sadly from last year I had to get decorators in as I'm no longer safe on steps.
 
I do my own, it's very therapeutic.

I've been jack of all trades over this weekend and amazed myself. Plumbing, electrics, carpet laying........
 
We did paint the interior of our homes when we were younger but now we will hire a professional. My hubby will do the exterior painting - less restrictive and I don't have to worry about him messing up the rug.
 
Currently, I am tiling one of my daughters 'to let' houses and redecorating the hall, landing and bathroom in her own house.

Talk about as interesting as watching paint dry ..............

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J.mo, I am sure that 'Lou' has lots of time to spare, you know, not doing anything for Yahoo during the day (or night for that matter).
 
My father was a Master Painter and Decorator who took up his apprenticeship when he was 16 years old in 1922, he continued until his retirement in1971, he also taught in our local art school for 22 years.

I'm glad to say he taught me as well and I always helped him as a youngster in my school holidays, it has come in handy for me ever since.
 
Yes, do my own decorating, and the fiance does the painting and handywork. He can fix anything, he does it for a living. I find decorating theraputic.
 
I always do my own, thankfully i can do any job in the home apart from plastering walls of which i'm hopeless.
 
My husband's a building contractor so any handy work is no problem.I love painting and decorating so do inside and out myself.
 
we have just had our bedrooms and bathrooms decorated by a professional

we just don't have the time to do it these days ....and it gets done much quicker when decorators just have that to do

we also used the same people to paint the outside of the house in july ......they did a good job and we will use them again
 
I do my own - I'm a dab hand at wallpapering the tricky bits.

Getting around to it is a different matter though - I've still not done my kitchen ceiling...
 
I would do it myself, with male assistance to do things like put shelves up because I can't be trusted with tools like drills.

I like decorating though I could do that forever :)
 
Me and Lou are both rubbish at D.I.Y.

The only thing I paint in this house is my nails.


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Michael...He´s very very busy reading all the letters he gets from his Dad.
 
I do it myself. Always have always will, besides if you do it yourself you have your own sense of accomplishment and pride ( even if it looks like poo)
 
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