When my husband and I bought our house, we did so with every intention of getting all HGTV on the place. Despite neither of us having any home renovation experience, we naively looked around and assumed that small repairs and some paint would fix up our new home and make it immaculate. What we didn’t expect was faulty plumbing, rotten plaster, a dying HVAC system, hidden “repairs” and water and fire

damage. Three years out from signing our mortgage, I’d like to share with you some of our missteps in our first DIY adventure so that you might spare yourselves, your wallets, and your sanity when you tackle your own projects. Here are the biggest problems we’ve encountered and the ways you can avoid them like the plague

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Mistakes To Avoid for First-Time DIY’ers