HGTV Fan

I like to watch HGTV.   I dream of being in Home Depot and the crew of Bath Crashers ask me if they can come to my house turn my bathroom into a luxury spa.  I wish Mike Holmes was my neighbor and I could just keep a running list of things for him to do around the house.  And who wouldn't love to have an extra $1M laying around to buy a 2nd/vacation house in the French Riviera like on House Hunters International?  Once I realize that none of these things will ever happen to me, I figure I have to take matters in my own hands and do what I can, with what I have.  After gathering ideas from the shows, I like to bounce them off of Chris to see what he thinks.

J: What do you think about knocking a wall down and making this room bigger?
C: Flashes me the "we have no idea how to do that look"
J: It really could open up the living space.  We could increase the value of our house.
C: No.

I press on.

J: I think I could make a gazebo for the backyard so we have shade to sit under.
C. Flashes me the "are you crazy look"
J: I have my pink screw driver, I could totally do this.  Having a calming backyard is inviting for guests and buyers.
C: No.

Relentless.

J: How about we tear up the back porch and replace with large stones?
C: Flashes me the "I've got to get HGTV channel taken off of our TV, pronto"
J: I saw a guy do it in a few days, we can knock it our in a few hours.
C: No.

Once in a blue moon, Chris will bite at one of my ideas.  This weekend, I got approval for one of my ideas.  Granted this wasn't a major project where we have contractors running through our house for a few months, but one that I thought of and he liked.  Armed with $30 worth of painting supplies, I took to the front yard and repainted the shutters on the house.  Taking them from from dull brown to jet black added at least $10,000 to the resale value of our house.  At least.

I'm off to watch HGTV to get my next idea.  Give me a little more time and I'll get that wall knocked down and a gazebo for the backyard.  He'll cave, I just know it.