This has certainly been a reality check

[pinkeggs]

We are renovating our kitchen, and in the world of renos, it's not even a huge one. We knocked out half a wall, installed an additional cabinet to extend the counter space by 5 feet, and are hanging pendant lights over the new island. We tore out the tile counters and put in butcher block and a farmhouse sink. We will be putting in beadboard backsplash to replace the dated tile one.

I think that I read so many blogs and articles and everything that I got a little immune to the amount of work these projects entail. Even with hiring out for the big stuff, I still feel exhausted and overwhelmed and sick of it (for now).

When we were househunting, I think I was a little too lax in writing off things I didn't like, thinking, "oh, we could just tear that out and put in ______". I'm so glad that we ended up buying a house that doesn't need a ton of work because it's just harder than I gave it credit for.

I still love things like painting rooms, making curtains and pillows, and changing out light fixtures, but this big stuff is kicking my ass lol

Do I need to turn in my D&R card now??

[wawa]

Doing a renovation has kinda made me hate renovation bloggers and TV shows. I think we went into this with a WILDLY innacurrate idea of how long everything was going to take.

Even now, a year in, we still suck at estimating how much we can get done in a weekend. Like, this weekend. We're supposed to finish organizing the construction zone, go buy insulation for the open areas, install insulation in those areas, and build a laundry chute.

I bet you a million dollars we'll get about halfway through the insulation before we run out of weekend and not even touch the chute.

[sarahbear]

I can relate. We bought a house a year ago and spent 3 months doing some major renovations (total kitchen gut, new windows, all new floors, painted everything, new baseboards). After about 6 weeks we were so worn out. We did most of the work ourselves and now that we're in we're happy, but surviving that time was hard. There's always a point where you've done so much work but you can't see any progress yet and it's discouraging.

[sunny]

I feel your pain. I always say, no more fixer uppers. And then when the time rolls around for our next house, I forget. Ugh!!!