| Gauging your success | | | | consideration would be the finished product itself. |
| How does one gauge the success of a do it yourself | | | | Simply put, does it look good? |
| home improvement project? What level of | | | | Of course, do not expect that a hand-made cabinet |
| expectations should we have upon their completion? | | | | made with spare wood found in the garage can look |
| For a good many people, evaluation of a DIY home | | | | as attractive as the ones you buy from a furniture |
| improvement project is out of the question. There is | | | | store or a factory outlet. But at least, the finished |
| a general misconception that once a DIY project is | | | | product should look decent, in combination with other |
| done, it's done. No need to further evaluate whether | | | | pieces of furniture in your home. |
| the project was really a success or not. The need to | | | | This criterion is especially important when you plan to |
| evaluate the success of a DIY project has two main | | | | make large-scale DIY home improvement projects, |
| goals:o Establish whether the project had been | | | | such as replacing walls or parts of the roof. Once |
| executed according to plan.o Establish whether you're | | | | you're done, indeed, you're done. |
| improving as compared to previous different projects | | | | 3. Timeframe- one thing should be made clear when |
| that you have done before. | | | | we talk about DIY home improvement project |
| The criteria | | | | timeframe: time does count. This issu can be |
| 1. Cost- how does one evaluate the true cost of a | | | | discounted if you have a lot of free time in your |
| DIY project? Start with the basic raw materials. A | | | | hand: for instance, summer vacation or the like. But if |
| central blueprint for any DIY project should have a | | | | you're doing the DIY project on weekends, you have |
| list of the materials for the completion of a project. | | | | to make sure that you're completing the phases of |
| If the cost of the finished product and the projected | | | | the project on time. |
| cost of the project do not match, then this should | | | | The reason for this criterion is that time is money |
| be avoided in the future. A disparity of 25% from | | | | when you think about it. If you spend three months |
| the actual cost can be acceptable. | | | | creating a cabinet no bigger than a child's table, then |
| The point of a DIY home improvement project is to | | | | there is definitely something wrong with the project. |
| basically save money. Saving money entails sticking to | | | | Laziness should be eliminated in the picture- you can't |
| a budget- which has already been computed to be | | | | simply reason that you've been lazy. What would be |
| cheaper than actually hiring or buying finished goods. | | | | the function of timeframe then? |
| In some rare instances, central plans have wrong | | | | Timeframe can vary from project to project. Try |
| computations- this is fine, as long as effort is given | | | | your best by sticking to a limited timeframe; indeed |
| to remedy this problem in the future. | | | | this will have its reward in later DIY projects. You can |
| 2. Finished product- whether you're replacing floor | | | | call it GOAL Setting. |
| boards or making a rocking chair, one particular | | | | |