Home Improvement
Improve the house without losing the plot
Most renovation regret comes from deciding things in the wrong order, paint before floors, fixtures before palette. These guides bring planning discipline to home improvement, with color decisions made when they should be: early.
The order that prevents regret
1. Plan the palette before you demo. Paint is the last thing applied and the first thing that should be decided, every material choice (tile, counters, flooring) should be checked against it.
2. Decide what stays. Walk the house and list every fixed finish you’re keeping. Those undertones now govern every new choice.
3. Sequence the work. Rough work first (demo, drywall, floors), paint in the middle, fixtures and furnishings last. Painting before floors are done is how walls get scuffed on day one.
4. Sample everything together. Never approve a countertop from a photo and a paint color from a chip in separate weeks. Get the real samples in the real room at the same time.
Guides in this collection
Improvement guides are in production now:
- How to build a paint shopping list for a whole-home project (coming soon)
- Renovation color planning checklist (coming soon)
- Paint-first renovation sequencing, what order: paint vs. floors vs. cabinets (coming soon)