Dan Phillips Quotes

If I ever buy a house and redo the bathroom, I'm putting urinals in there.

I grew up in a house that was constantly under construction. It's been under construction my whole life. My mom loves interior decor, and my dad loves construction - he loves demolition and building new walls.

Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally!

The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.

I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.

I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking!

I do have a fantasy life in which I can grout bathrooms - but not for a living.

I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.

I am, it is safe to say, not a practical man. The few attempts I've made to hammer in a nail have ended in broken thumbs, burst pipes, and water spraying everywhere with the house on fire.

I'm pretty handy! I do a lot of things around the house, and I actually enjoy it.

I've not as yet found one hobby that would absorb me completely when I'm not working, but I have just bought a new apartment and didn't quite bargain for the amount of effort and time and money that that absorbs.

I'm actually very good with Home Depot-handy type of paintwork.

If Home Depot doesn't have it, Mark Bradford doesn't need it.

We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things.

My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him.

I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.

We have a lot of property and we take care of it mostly ourselves, so that's what I spend a lot of time doing, which I love because I'm outside.

There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.

I grew up around hardware. I could sell you all the plumbing and electricity you want.

I've always been interested in DIY and home renovation - even from my first student flat. I've always left places better than when I moved in.

I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes, knocked down walls, everything.

I'm taking care of the children, doing a bit of cooking and trying to do a bit of DIY around the house. But that's not going too well.

Since the new film has been out, I'm doing quite a lot but then in July I will start doing things at home. I have to fix the house up, see the grandchildren and such.

I started by hacking around the back yard in Richmond.

I've teamed up with Pine Sol to celebrate the makers of home.