This is when it pays to have a little knowledge of home DIY experience. I was lucky my dad pretty much thought me quite a bit about fixing stuff so I didn't really need a technician or a plumber to come over every time a little rewiring needed to done or a washer needed changing.
Though, as my wife would so kindly point out, more ambitious projects would require a person with more skill of a particular nature. Skills which I, apparently, do not possess. This can be deduced from a handful of home projects which I have botched in the early days.
After a few courses, I am proud to say that my competency level has improved greatly, although my wife still doesn't trust me to do certain things.
Anyway, we still like to do things ourselves. In many cases it saves money to do so, this is especially true for home remodeling projects. You can save hundreds of dollars if you can source raw materials and complete the project without having to engage professionals.
There are many other things you can DIY aside from restyling your home. You can carry out basic car maintenance, landscaping, run an online store, making personalized greeting cards and scrapbooking. Alright, I don't do the last two but my wife does and she gets lots of compliments from friends and relatives for the greeting cards she creates.
It seems there is an industry for DIY scrapbooking and card making, according to my wife, who incidentally, has a warped sense of humor.
Allow me to elaborate. One Christmas, while we were enjoying the sunny weather in Bali, she found this tropical scrapbooking site called Island Paperie.
She ordered material like tropical themed Hawaiian rubber stamps for card making and so on from them and created greeting cards to send to her relatives in freezing Canada. At the end of each card had the words - "Wish You Were Here". I'm sure Pink Floyd would find that amusing.
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