I remember remodeling the kitchen. I ripped off all the doors, ripped up the floor, ripped off the counter-tops. That was the first day.
I buiilt a new partial wall, removed an island, and installed a new oak pantry that needed to be finished.
I knocked a hole in the wall and created a walkway from the kitchen to the family room where there was just wall before (properly braced and structurally sound).
I ended up doing an oak laminant on the cabinets with new oak doors which I stained and finished.
I built new wood structures for the counter-tops and hand laid tile. I installed a new sink and stove cook-top.
I laid tile on the floor of the kitchen and dining room. All in 6 1/2 days.
When I got done, wife wife asked me how I knew how to do all that stuff. I said I didn't. That was the first time for any of that.
She said how did I learn?
I said I figured it out. I thought about it. I studied. I did the homework. I learned. I planned. I put in the effort.
When it was done I was really tired though.
It would have been so much easier to ask someone to do it for me
I was younger then. If I had to do it over I'd just write the check.