SeaGreen Construction, a tested and trued General Contractor Seattle, includes henceforth a top ten list of why Renovating, Remodeling, or Constructing from scratch is a very good idea:
10: Demolition and destruction has gotten a bad rap and needs to be reinstated as a hallmark event in any man, woman and child's life. Philosophically speaking, one must first destroy, before one creates. And to destroy one must wield a large sledgehammer, or pick axe, or giant Caterpillar or Bobcat, and driving those suckers around is a treat to say the least.
9: It's been said about women, by a woman (comedian), that they don't necessarily like Men in Uniform, but they do like Men with Jobs. Though General Contractors don't necessarily have a "uniform" per se like firefighters or police officers, they do wear Carhartts and toolbelts and Wolverines.
8: If you renovate a kitchen, family, friends and neighbors will come visit to celebrate and eat and be merry. Those same people will bring a dish of food, an appetizer, dessert, or a bottle of wine, saving you a trip (and a bill) to the grocery store for at least 3 days depending on the size of your family, and, of course, the size of your teens. If you have 1 teenager, leftovers will last until 9am the next morning. If that same teenager plays football, replace the time with midnight that same evening.
7: There's never been a better professional atmosphere within which to doodle and draw.
6: You can build a Gazebo, and gazebos aren't just fun words that sound like a smashed version of "giraffe" and "zebra", but a place where people get married, and when people get married, there's even more food, and if the other family is footing the bill, Mazel Tov!
5: Carpet is out, stone is in, and so is tile--both new substitutes can be used to create a more classy feel to any room, which might boost the esteem, and might not, depending on whether your esteem fluctuates on account of floor material, which, in some cultures, matters in ways we don't understand.
4: Nail guns are legal to purchase without permit or personal disclosure.
3: If nail guns aren't your thing, you can always use the hammer, the tool that differentiates us from monkeys, except of course for the opposable thumb, and the ability to use those thumbs to play video games and swipe on iPhones, but I digress. Use a hammer to practice your One-Hammer-One-Nail-One-Strike-Karate-Kid skills.
2: You'll undoubtedly be inspired to try and build anything and everything, like a homemade cake mixer built with duct tape, bubble wrap, and safety pins, then get global applause and exposure on Instructables.com for inspiring the DIY world with your unmatched ingenuity.
1: There's nothing like a good ol' Barn Raising Party.
