As a retired couple on fixed income, we HAVE to do it ourselves. Fortunately, I’m pretty good at building cabinets and my husband and daughter are good at plumbing and electrical. Will we be building very slowly as we can afford? Yup. It took four months to do the Living room. I expect the kitchen to take a year.

Painting my glass mosaic tile backsplash. Seems like a doable diy project.

Planning for issues - our Tyndall stone fireplace was to be the feature wall. During asbestos removal of surrounding drywall, fireplace was deemed structurally unsound. Choices were to tear out or get reinforced etc. Tore it out! Best decision! New tiled fireplace surround which is perfect in new kitchen. No other surprises, thank goodness.

Indeed. Research got me to your channel. Hello from Sweden and Canary Island Gran Canaria.

????What kind of flooring should be used in a kitchen?

A store had refrigerators labeled 'unboxed'; they had food crumbs and spills and bad odors and were missing parts. Why??

How about the cost efficiency of ripping all the old out and getting rid of it before your contractor starts? I really find that that’s probably a waste of time for talented professionals and I’m sure most people can handle it.

The audio on this is sketchy now and then. Maybe you should redo the parts where your voice echos.