Quotes About Renovation

Never underestimate the power of a fresh coat of white paint.

I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation of the square across from the White House, and he said, 'It may be the only thing my presidency is remembered for.'

An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.

He had let them down again. After a year, it was decided that the house would be completely revamped.

This place," Sophie said, looking around at the ranch-house kitchen the next morning, "needs a woman's touch. Or maybe a crack decorating crew from HGTV or DIY.

I love a house project.

I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

I love to watch 'Property Brothers.'

We became amazed with Property Brothers at how many kids watch and love the show. We'll even have 4- and 5-year-olds walk up on the street and say, 'Mom and Dad, look: it's the Property Brothers.'

Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally!

Some of the ceilings and walls were so cracked and broken that they had to be replastered. Openings were cut through walls and doors were being put where no doors had been before. Old broken chimney pots were being taken down and new ones were being taken up and fixed in their

He knew that an existing structure had to be torn down or at least restructured before anything new and lasting could be built on the same foundation

All the estate houses were the same design. Two up and two down. Originally. Little kitchens and bathrooms were added on after the war.

I originally started redoing houses to deal with stress. I found that the hour I could go to a job site every day took my mind off the 24/7 of thinking about my clients.

Sometimes,' he murmured, 'the only way to improve something is to destroy it, so it can be rebuilt better. Sometimes, to change the world, we must first burn it down.

A renovação está incutida no tecido de nosso corpo; degeneração e doença são a exceção, não a regra.

Most recently she's been helping Bing redecorate his basement. I felt like it needed some color down there, so I painted the walls with the motherfucker

I love to fix up a house, but I also love to help people. I feel like that's my calling.

I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.

I know what I always enjoyed about 'Flip or Flop' was the design part, so it just naturally made sense to get more involved in doing makeovers.

We did a whole fraternity house. We made them over.

My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.'

The fact of the matter is the West Wing never gets fully renovated because nobody wants to vacate it. And so you have basically patch-up jobs that are being done, but it's a tight and cramped environment.

Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would.