The DIY addiction

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Mock-up design of what Roger's kitchen should look like when completed.

The DIY addiction

World-Herald reporter Roger Buddenberg and his wife are embarking on a major home remodeling project. He'll blog about the ups and downs, delays and accomplishments at omaha.com/living

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The DIY

June 6

After you swab a paintbrush back and forth for a few hours, it's hard not to ponder how DIY got into your DNA. And why it's still there after all these years, an impulse that ignores the body parts moaning oilcan! oiiiilcaaan! like the Tin Woodsman. Why do you still do this? you mumble to yourself.

It was a question from the start of our kitchen remodel. We chose a contractor partly because he was willing to let us do some of the project ourselves, working around him not an easy decision for contractors to make. No doubt they all can tell horror stories about homeowners who thought they could tackle the world because they watched This Old House once.

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