Michael Rispoli Quotes

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 could build and roof a house, though electricity is not my thing.

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.

H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.

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!

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.

I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where.

I started by hacking around the back yard in Richmond.

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

I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

I try to work on houses not cars. If I was as good at working on cars as I was on houses maybe I would. But I'm not.

Sendai is the place that helped me build my basement.

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.

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.

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.

My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture.

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.

You must never aspire to 'finish' a house, you can merely hope to start it, and from then on it's an evolutionary process.

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

I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect.

I have a thing for tools.

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.