same

@@diamondback210 Yeah I'm sure

@@diamondback210 people forget to include their own time in estimates as well. What do you value yourself at, and is it worth it?

"You can do it too!" Yeah... when I buy a house in 30 years... when houses are affordable again 😂😭 I'm not crying you are

Let's go brand...yea we all know what's up

I was thinking the exact same thing.

LMAOOO RIGHT?!

Paahahahjaaja

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I want to know how much $ she saved

Right? I wonder how much this ended up costing?

I doubt the 5k job was as good as she did her self.

5k isn't much, I hope she doesn't think the 5k job would look as good as hers

Everyone doesn't have it. I love the fact that she just did it herself. It looks fantastic. The company may not have done as good a job.

still cheaper than paying contractor and you have new tools at the end. only benefit to hiring is saving two months

BOMB- The message here should ultimately be let the professionals do it!

The best thing is that you learn some awesome skills that could help yourself and family in the future!! Makes it way more special knowing you did it yourself as well 😁

And she likes it lol people are missing the fact that she had an amazing time doing this. We are meant to be doing!

Way more than 80

@@tblk1860 she had fun doing it.. just let people do what they want.

Sometimes doing it yourself costs more. If you consider how much she makes hourly over the time it took to do it, that alone may be more. Plus for many people you’d have to buy expensive power tools. And finally if you fuck it up and have to pay someone to do it,‘it’ll cost more for them to fix it. My dad works in contracting and often deals with it. The customer balks at the price then either hires a cheaper person or DIY. Then they call him back and his price goes up, if he’s even willing at all at that point, because it’s a lot more work to fix and undo the damage to now make it look like it should

@@Catherine.Dorian. no it really dosent. She's not paying herself an hourly wage for one?? And unless you majorly mess something up like electrical there's nothing you would need a contractor to fix.

@@marchkasey8729 uh, yes? it really does? are you playing dumb or actually dumb? we don't know how her costs turned out, but there are plenty of DIY projects that cost more money than just purchasing it would. not always. but it is not only possible but pretty damn common.

@@NaraKwonPoD making your own clothes and buying good quality fabric will cost more than just buying it at hm because they are a major company who dont really pay their seamstresses at all etc. And you're more likely to mess it up. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. Not the same as a closet obviously, but it relates (if you wanted one installed from some company for example) Also, how can just tearing all the DIY work out take so much effort? If the foundation is wonky youll just have to take it out and start over, no? Does your dad try to patch it up after the fact, hence the extra cost?

@@booknerdjebbi5037 I think you're confused. I was informing someone that DIY crafts can often cost more than outright buying the product. Nowhere did I say it wasn't worth it or that one shouldn't do it.

It's probably like $4K in materials, with the other $1K being the ~3 days of labour for a small team of rough carpenters to get it put in place from their selection of pre-made blocks

I'd agree that was a beneficial side effect of trying to save the money. If she didn't make a point of stating the primary reason she did the job herself was for the money then the narrative of this video would be completely different.

​@@mudmanKC right , not to prove a point of saving money but then end up spending more and way more time

Oof wait until these bargain shoppers see what a custom built 2,400 sq ft home cost 💀💀💀

😂 this is the mindset that I have in general but ik building a house from the ground up is costly af

the the car she wanted from the dealer ship was too costly so she built her own

houses cost so much for a reason lol it’s not like you’re saving big money doing it yourself

“Buying property is too costly so I made my own property”

My dad does lots of cabinet work... goddamn it gets expensive.

Got my living room painted for £100 in the UK. America has stupid prices

@@Bommelle a couple thousands for a solid color in a reasonably sized living room is way overpriced anywhere in the world tbh

@@someundeadtalent2016 true

I had the company, WOW, one hour, to paint my living room and down my stairs with $700 which wasn’t that bad, the only reason why I had to do that is because it has a cathedral ceiling otherwise I do have paint skills and I’m actually going to be painting a bedroom within the next several weeks

lol

What will you charge to fill up my tank? 😂

Whaaaaaat!?

Exactly 😂😂😂

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@Skryptto If you hired a contractor.

Yeeeep lol

Wow that looks beautiful great job

Itll be more than that, she didn't include all the "oopsies", procrastination, and "adhd paralysis" into that price 😂😂😂

@@austinb1800 and the nagging that her husband or bf doesnt do this lmao

xD

So much wrong here. It's more like knowledge learned, investment in tools that have more than one function, building character and work ethic, money saved on labor, and humbleness of a job well done cause you know you'll say " I did it myself, but I bet the pros could have done it better" knowing/hearing it looks amazing your first time doing it. As an avid DIYer I strongly recommend getting out there and doing it yourself. You'll appreciate it so much more at the end of the day. My grandfather once said "I'll never pay a man do to a job I can learn, and do myself."

She should have let them, this is why local businesses fail because folks don't like the price for professional work.

Stress is right

​@@coreyestes1085nope

​@lucaswhite3411 but why should she have to pay someone when she's more than able to do it herself and do what amazing job?

You also have the worth of the skills gained. Money spent - skills learnt = cost

But that still doesn’t explain why she wasn’t willing to spend $5200 to have somebody else do it. She started out with the potential cost so of course people are gonna wonder how much it ended up costing her to do it herself instead

So so proud of you. Good job.

@@Catglittercrafts because it’s more fun

@@supereggtartersauce6464 this is not fun

I thought I was the only one🤣🤣🤣

Exactly. That’s at least 3k in components and flooring before we even start with the chandelier and other details….

I’m sure it was just as expensive but now she has something she can be proud of and she has the skill set to make so many different things

@@lauraanne7108 which is fine and I do most of these things as well so I appreciate the satisfaction of having done it myself. The video specifically mentions the cost of having it done with the inference that found it yourself is cheaper. It often isn’t.

You’d actually be surprised how much cheaper it can be doing it yourself. When you go through other people or companies they don’t just charge you for materials but for the time they take to do it. My husband works on our house and most the materials he gets are free because he works for a construction company, he already has all the tools he needs and he gets our lights, and paints on sale and cheaper than full price. So it actually is a lot less than having other people do it. We do the same for our car parts, we get them brand new but cheaper than they would be going to a mechanic, and we switch them out and fix our own cars if we ever have anything that needs fixing.

Well I don't know where you're at but here in the US she probably paid the same or close to the same amount just for product to put in there plus the time that she spent doing it when she could have been doing something else I would have just paid the $5,000. Because at least if something goes wrong you have someone to blame other than yourself. And they can come back and fix it

@@floydmcmullen9833 I think the issue is paying 5000 at once Diy takes a lot time so you can buy what you need part for part yk?

@@nihalnihal9356 Amen and I really don't believe the materials cost that but some people have more time than money so she did the labor herself.

@@shalomsister oh I'm unsure where you are in the world but in the U.S the price of materials has skyrocketed. To buy this amount of wood for $5000 would be a bargain in itself in most places right now.

@@nihalnihal9356 Idk about other countries but in Germany you can also pay in rates for amounts that are that high

You will not convince me that a bunch of shelves, paint, nails and bars cost couple grand. You can borrow tools from neighbors or buy them used. I was into diy and can tell you that this c ok his cost way less then 5200 company quoted

@@kattodoggo3868 couple grand or couple hundred. Only the financially privileged can tell me that this is not a huge financial inconvenience. Plus I KNOW you ain't doing no Diy projects in the apartment you rent. Odds are a project like this is being done in the house you own. Again, the financially privileged.

@@kattodoggo3868 depends on where you live, most people don't have neighbors that have tools and power tools are especially expensive Paint is expensive af, nails and screws can be cheap though But most people do not have the money for any of this

@@alexinulla7839 There are budget and apartment friendly DIYs out there. It just depends on if you want to spend the time and effort researching and sourcing everything for the project. Sales, borrowing, and salvaging can help with the cost.

@@AetherDreamSeeker I'm not against diy's. I was just pointing out an attitude that bugs me. It's what she said, not DIYs as a whole😂😂😂

Why would I take advice from a single mom?

@@WTC7 *Single hot moms in a 5 mile radius of your area*

@@WTC7 What

@@WTC7 I take advice from my mother. Very good and free therapist!

Same. Like I’m all for people making stuff themselves, but I don’t want to hear about how you’re a single mom who just so happens to be making lots of money (shit for building this stuff isn’t cheap) and I don’t want to hear about all of the bs. Just build it, be happy with it, maybe share what was actually hard, like maybe one of the building processes was harder then you thought, maybe share some tips incase someone wanted to do this, but stop trying to be motivational with a huge sob story about a fucking closet

I don’t think she was trying to say that it was not worth paying for. If anyone’s paying $5000 for a closet they deff don’t expect ikea furniture. I think what older generations did that new ones don’t seem to get is that a lot of people just made their own things when they could afford really nice stuff. It might have taken longer and not looked as pretty but it was what they did with what they had

Not when gas and products, tools is inflated to the 10th and let’s not start on anything else

@@syschinesubbie nowhere in this short is a budget even mentioned. You’re assumption that she DIYed based on budgetary reasons is just as sound as mine based on her thinking it was a gouge. Her comments in reference to her being a single mother dealt with being overwhelmed, presumably from the workload, and less to do with financing. I wasn’t criticizing her mistakes or even her choice to use IKEA cabinets for her closet. I’ve made far more mistakes than I care to count. I was simply pointing out that isn’t how we build custom walk in closets and why the $5200 is justified. Again, based on the assumption that she thought it was a gouge. Which, to make my standpoint clear, is just as reasonable as your assumption that she was operating under a budget. Neither of us know definitively from just this short.

@@namuhtsuj4025 Men.... Single mums are lazy and never do anything for themselves. Single mum... Works full time. Runs a house. Looks after her kids. Builds her own walk in wardrobe. Men.... She brought cheap IKEA furniture and should of paid for a professional. Single mum.... Women can't win either way. There will ALWAYS be Men moaning about something not worth moaning about!

After I heard it took her extra 2 months than plan. I knew it would be a waste of time for any regular person. Time is money. She got friends and family to help now there are a bunch of I owe u to several people. I’m not even the type to ask my friends and family to help me for free. So yeah 5200.00 sounds great!!!

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Do you think it was more expensive for her to build this than pay for the price she was quoted?

@@hwoods9773 if you need to buy power tools just for this project. So yeah it does cost more than hiring people

And we just keep sitting here scrolling

Gosh yeah

omg same

True. Sooo true. 😔

Samee 😭

Ppl did have to help her

Sounded a little smug there.....

Right? Great deal!

@@veronicasmyth3830 They really did not, Veronica.

@@veronicasmyth3830 not at all... You’re just trying to find a problem in their comment when there isn’t one

@@baileyspeltbeefy1768 they did lol its very backhanded but in a very subtle way. Its like "you should have payed the money idiot but sure it looks good" just because you cant sense it doesnt mean its not there. Lol

It should make u very proud. It is beautiful.

It must be so amazing. I use my phone and laptop everyday knowing that I repaired them myself past their supposed lifespan, and I feel so happy. this is on another level.

It’s not as glamorous as you think. I redid my moms entire house and everyday I walk in there all I can see is errors and things I forgot even if something is off my a hair I notice it and it sucks.

Then yo whole house fall down cus you moved a paper made wedge lmfao. No its just lazy

@@noahh8306 I don’t think you’ve ever built anything on a actual job site. On a job site hide and fix are a term for the same thing

U can just use their tho

That was the dumbest shit I've ever heard 'its not about about doing an actual good job it's about pretending I did' And damn was I good at pretending lmao

@@basedeltazero6446 Worked construction and flooring my whole life, the only fixes we need to do are from our less experienced workers or someone unrelated to our crew fucked up our work. A professional means professional not kinda okay at their job

If you seen the price of wood I am generally curious if she didn't end up spending more and took two more months to do so

Definitely cost more than the original quote.

She spent at least $3000

I agree, why get a quote from a pro and share the number with us if not to also share the cost doing it without contractor? Otherwise this is just diy and she so but wasted the time of the contractor that came over. Personally, I would benefit more from spending time living life and paying a pro than buying everything, sacrificing time, seeking help, fixing mistakes. I can only imagine someone doing this because they have an abundance of spare time Or they hope to monetize

More than 5k I bet

She either gave up half way and payed people to help her or it took 6 months to do.

Yup she had lots of tools there . Table saw, mitre saw, jig saw , nail guns..thats over 1k on tools before you start. Plus 2 months work ? That might be 5-10k for some people . So where is the saving ?

As a contractor can you comment on the quote she got for $5200? I thought that sounded too cheap.

@@toddlehman1 I have done these type of builds, thought the same thing.

@@toddlehman1 there's a lot of these daft articles in newspapers. "Quoted 10 grand for job" Single mum did it for 100 Great people can have a go. But its but going to be the same thing. Its actually very disrespectful to craftsman that have spent thousands of hours and money training. To just rubbish it as nothing. Typical for this type of culture

You wanna be a single mom of another one?

@@trxtech3010 lmao.

Pass the wine…

😂😂❤️💕

sameeeee but it’s chocolate

i mean while working full time and being a single parent? that is still very impressive

@@leyul I mean I did say it was good

@@leyul and with having adhd too! I have it myself and I'm super impressed she finished this, it can make sticking to a task an absolute nightmare and the closer you get to finishing a job the harder it feels

@@choppahats yeah, just saying🤷🏻‍♀️

@@yeetyeet8636 def! i don't have adhd, but my brother does and he goes thru this too. it just means you get to be that much more proud of yourself when you accomplish something!

lots of people in the comment missed the point. it's not mainly about the price. *it's learning new skills, getting experience and she also mentioned she actually liked it.* plus it's not like the tools you just bought only got one use. it can be useful for something else. you guys are just lazy or ashamed you can't do it so you make it look bad than it actually is.

I wish she mentioned cost of the project for transparency. Like yay new skills, but also the person that quoted her the original price already had the skills and was just quoting their price... Sometimes DIYers downplay the skills of contractors because of sticker shock, that's pretty insulting to a tradesperson. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway I'm impressed either way, but tell us the cost.

@@cameljargon Fully agree. It feels like she is devalueing constructors work, in a way. I get it is expensive and she might not had the money, and that doing it yourself can be more rewarding (if it isn't crazy stressful), but constructors have the skills and charge for their time and abilities just like she does at her work, so don't downplay it as something ANYONE could do for cheaper when that is not true.

@@jackiearnolds she probably just doesn’t have enough money. She’s a single mom. I don’t think it’s so much about devaluing construction workers and more about her getting to learn and do what she wants and assuming she finishes her closet for cheaper.

@@jackiearnolds basically, more about following your dreams and getting to learn instead of just having other do it for you. Not specifically this.

reason why she can have a closet that big is because she doesnt spend $5200 on something she can do herself. apply that mindset to your money and you'll have more of it to throw around

@@DoIoannToKnow Stupid ass logic.

@@jakemorales1765 not really, in most cases its cheaper to do something yourself. Which means you save more money

@@DoIoannToKnow the reason she has a closet that big is because she divorced a rich guy and took half his life.

@@tlebert57 oh yea because women can’t be wealthy on their own 🙄🙄you work a 9 to 5 making minimum wage you’re worried about the wrong things

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Yeah single wahmen so strong.

ok? and you’re mad because…?

@@christmastreeking projecting ur anger. Nothing about his statement implied anger.

She paid double to triple with all the tools needed for 1 job

Prolly more tho...

But.. at the end it’s your choice, it’s not that you want to pay more, but you want to try on new skills and see what you can do on how to improve yourself and become a more skillful human.. and it goes with the experience you got too.. could be more expensive in total but then again it is up to you, cuz not everybody has the time nor the help or skills to do it and it ended up just being an unfinished overbudgeted mess.. so you make decisions based on you not by others.

You keep the tools though for future projects

She had fun and enjoyed doing it so, and all those tools and skills can be used for another project.

Same😂

It’s bigger than my bedroom

Right? It’s like some weird suburban white people type of stuff: “😢😢 I wanted a big walk-in closet but they said it would cost $5k to do, so I just did it myself with this cheap and easy DIY trick that only cost me $5k!”

😂😂😂😂😂

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@Cannon Fighter I want to know where you get paint for $20 bucks. Renting all those cutting tools will make her price go over $200. Also she’d have to buy additional new tools just for this closet. Even if she bought used ones, price will still be higher. Just judging by the size of her closet and the amount of shoes she owns, you can confidently say $5400 is nothing to her. But she chose to do this because she wanted to.

@Cannon Fighter you sir are not the killer of joy, not even the murderer of merriment. You sir are the exterminator of enjoyment

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many people do not have a home to do this, nor the support from family or friends, let alone any power tools or the space to use them. I definitely don’t. this project is not nearly accessible as she’s making it seem :(

Yeah there’s no way I’d be able to produce this! Buying all the stuff you’d need for this would be more expensive than quoted price! Plus I have 2 young kids that would never give me the time to do this😅

I mean it is posible but without the very expensive equipment,of course it will not be great but i know some people that use simple tools to create great things.

@@chiarrafiore3386 buying all the stuff you need and doing this would be like 6 months to a year's pay for me And thats not budgeting for food either.

It's more like "I did this thing I really wanted to do, so you can do the thing you want to do👍🏻🙌" and not "hey I made an expensive closet and you can too"

Then she still ended up asking folks for help lol

Fr. Like wtf adhd paralysis, and all this other stuff to show how 'tough' she was. It looks like a pitty party and a brag at the same time

@@Martarts exactly, people like this feed off of pity comments so they mention their struggles every chance they get

Aaaaaaaand quoting adhd too, only depression was missing in the picture

Why is this pissing people off so much lol? Being single and having kids does make life a little harder for alot of people.

Was looking for the comment that praised her for being a functioning adult. Only ppl who look down in women see this as amazing. I see it as a competent adult solving a problem.

I mean sure, awesome she did something difficult. My dad and I renovated our old house ourselves so I know how difficult it can be. But I’m still sitting here going “only 5200? That’s a fucking steal for custom work.”

Yeah so courageous🙄... meanwhile men are out here building entire houses like they been doing the entire time

@@randomuser0483 you just had to turn it into a gender based issue smh 🤡

@@randomuser0483 bitch you ain't building houses, you ain't been building houses, we're over 90% of the trades, we do this for 12 hours a day and then some middle class white girl does one closet for herself, takes two months longer than planned and starts documenting it and narrating a fucking acceptance speech about it 😂

YES!

If ur husband takes a week and a half to do that he is in the wrong business 😂😂😂 thats a 3 day max project with 1 helper.

She got the joy and experience and like she said, a new passion for it.

@@brendafoster2424 lets be honest she did it to try and save money plain and simple. How much she actually ended up “saving” is another story. What else is she able to say other then she got “joy” out of it. There isnt much “joy” in installing custom work it isn’t really that fun if you have ever done it you would know what I mean.

After watching this, $5200 seems like a bargain!

Nobody deserves $5000 to customize a closet of this size!

she didnt say they didnt deserve it she just couldnt afford it

@@Piperonis oh not an attack on her, just saying they do deserve it. No need for one party to be brought down to uphold another no? 😊

@@whoimia5208 Do you have any idea how much materials costs and how many hours goes into this? You clearly don’t.

@@s.p5254 of course he doesn't these are kids on here 😂

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It cost her $5k?

@@brendafoster2424 Yep, Materials are expensive.

@@brendafoster2424 I don't think so because otherwise she would have taken the company when she would have almost the same amount if she did it on her own. I think it's around 1500. The time that was lost as a result is a lot, but in the hindsight it turned out to be very nice

@@brendafoster2424 No.

Why

@@oldsif645 because it's annoying as shit

Thank you. I thought I was the only one.

It makes me irrationally angry. Like, damn, just narrate your own video. It's only a couple of sentences.

I put the video on mute. Thank god there is captions.

Ngl I was kinda thinking the same thing like it's awesome you are but kinda just seems like unnecessary information just to get oh and awes would a single full time working father get the same reaction? Just seems like.....oh ok

Did she save money? She did not share what it all cost her?

She did it herself with ALOT of help from friends and neighbors. It's still nice, but im tired of people being praised for doing things "alone" when there was plenty of very nice people donating time to help her.

I think the friends also got money for helping tho. But it’s gorgeous

It's far from functional because she filled in all of the adjustable shelf peg holes....

not saving money. obviously she has to purchase or rent the tools. buy the woods, spend her time, ask help from neighbours etc. if we count it is still more expensive than hire a proffesionals to do it.

exactly 😭 like… DIY is too generalized i think now… DIY is supposed to be like, entry level craft/carpentry stuff right? especially of you’re getting PAYED to do it for someone else. that kinda makes you a professional at that point.

it is DIY, no? (do it yourself) and she did do it herself instead of hiring a professional

d.i.y.: do it yourself

DIY means do it yourself, it doesn't refer to how big or small a project is

Wtf does gender have to do with this?? "Just because you're a girl" makes no sense. At least learn to spell before making a backhanded nonsense comment. Yes, it is DIY - *Do It Yourself*

Probably not too far off from 5.2 k? If I'm honestly guessing Edit: Eh actually maybe more like 3 k but it does depend on how many people would have been making the closet because there is the material cost plus the cost of the labor and skills

Samething I was thinking Thats a pretty big closet so 5k don't even sound all that bad So I would wanna know what u save by doing it yourself while spending more time to get it done

And the time !! Time isn't free

@@PataPtichou yeah probably called off work a few times to spend time doing this The time I put into that closet I could be getting paid at work

She didn't say the price or that it was cheaper, so likely she spent more than they quoted her.

Yeah I guarantee this shit took her like 5 months lmao DIYers are just bored rich people 90% of the time

It doesn't matter if it takes you longer, you still have those savings in the bank

As a single full time working man I often get overwhelmed. I ain’t bragging 😂

@@CivEtzio Say you have never met a single mom, without actually saying it.

@@sarahkidane3308 my mom is a single mom and she raised my sister and I just fine

@@CivEtzio Then why act like its not a full time job next to a full time job haha

No cap. She spent over two months of her extra time working on this. In time alone she overpaid.

She also gained new skills, though

@@Archalias100 lol