My husband and I bought our first home six years ago. It needed work. The brass light fixtures hung crookedly, the deck railings spread dangerously far apart, the cracks in the windows spewed cold air and the bathroom started dripping water into the basement the second week after we moved in. Yet we were optimistic about how quickly we’d fix it up. We soon learned house projects are expensive and tiring, and patience and determination would be as crucial as the right tools. – See more at: http://www.boldcafe.org/blog/glorious-chaos#sthash.tQUaslh2.dpuf