I am the kind of person who likes to think he can do it all.  I learn fast, learn by watching and have always been pretty good with this approach.  So we bought a house recently and we wanted to make it our own so to speak with a few minor renovations like...

- painting the interior

- replace the laminate with new hardwood

- replace some trim pieces

- build a deck

- fix some minor things

Not a huge list and most things I know I can do because I have done them in the past.  Painting is not one of them but I've seen it done many times and figured it can't be that hard.

I am the kind of person who likes to think he can do it all.  I am also the kind of person who knows when to fold them, knows when to walk away.  I am not a painter.  Yes I could get it done.  Yes it would take some time but it would be satisfying knowing I did it myself.  I am a reasonable person.  We have hired a painter to get a few rooms painted in the new place.  At least it will get done right, and get done in a reasonable time frame :)