DO-IT-YOURSELF VS. PROFESSIONAL HOME UPDATES: WHAT'S SMARTER?RENOVATION SLIP-UPS YOU'LL HATE — AND HOW TO AVOID THEM 86

You don't always notice the day your home stops working for you. It's not like the floor falls out (hopefully). It's gradual. A drawer that sticks, the outlet you have to hit twice, the mirror that fogs up even with the fan open. Trivial details, really. But they wear you down.Then one day, you're leaning in your living room — probably waiting fo