Ken Marino Quotes

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

Real estate funded our first creative endeavors as teenagers and we were doing what we do long before the show 'Property Brothers' was pitched.

I renovate homes and buildings and residences in Detroit.

You want a kitchen put in, I'm your girl. I'm very handy, and I love a practical challenge. I fit all the stereotypes of the lesbian with power tools.

You have to take the time to live in a place to collect all the pieces, develop a vision. You can't just go to Home Depot and buy everything.

Sendai is the place that helped me build my basement.

Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.

I'm a serial renovator of apartments and old houses, so I'm in daily need of doorknobs, subway tiles, and 14-foot-tall pier mirrors.

When someone wants to freshen up their home a bit, and they don't want to spend a ton of money on construction, I always tell them to start off with paint. A fresh coat can really change the whole look of a home.

I love 'Extreme Makeover Home Edition.' It feeds my Fantasy Dream Home monster that lives inside of me.

When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.

I never considered interior design as a career option. I had designed a couple of our homes, and people liked my work. Friends came forward and asked me to help them do up their homes, and that's how it started.

We love renovating spaces to maximize a home's equity.

I can't stand those shows that come in and make things over and leave the homeowner with a mess to fix afterwards. Not my style!

We became amazed with Property Brothers at how many kids watch and love the show. We'll even have 4- and 5-year-olds walk up on the street and say, 'Mom and Dad, look: it's the Property Brothers.'

There have been some clients who have said, 'In order to compete, I'm going to put a pool in and then sell the house.' That's a terrible idea.

As a kid I used to love going to open houses and doing DIY projects with my parents and sister around our home.

Ladies, I urge you never to buy a black bathroom suite. 'CBB' decided this would be glamorous. 'CBB' was wrong.

Jonathan and I love flipping homes. We've been renovating and flipping houses since the '90s.

I got this pretend grass stuff called LazyLawn on my roof. Now I can go out on my terrace in bare feet, and it looks exactly like a lawn. This is what science should be for.

I like interiors as much as exteriors but 'interior designer' just sounds naff as a job.

I grew up remodeling houses with my parents, and I've started to do it again with some of my friends. So, I like to watch HGTV - 'Love It or List It,' 'Property Brothers,' 'Flip or Flop.'

I remember getting a toilet in our house. I remember sharing a bedroom with my sister, and my little sister was sleeping in my mom and dad's room.

For most people, their home is their most valuable asset. Yet most of us don't take care of it.

Some people are just weird when you're on a plane - it's the same during a renovation. It stresses them out.