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You never know what ideas someone else is going to bring to the table. So I urge you to get help on your makeover, but in order to do that you’ve got to make people want to come over, and that’s where a makeover party comes in. The promise of music, food, drink, and a good time makes people forget that you’d also like them to do a little heavy lifting, hammering, and painting. To me, food and drink is important, but music is the key thing. Make sure you have a CD player or some other kind of sound system to keep everyone’s energy up. You can even create a makeover- inspired CD for the occasion, though if your friends are very literal (and unless you’re going for the Goth look) avoid adding songs like “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones.
And, hey, if you have a megaphone, absolutely pull it out! I can say from experience that making as much noise as possible gets people fired up to do a job well. If you don’t want to gather a whole group of friends, call on one or two and swap something for their help. Cook them a great meal, let them use your boat or car; help them make over their own homes the following weekend. Just repay them in some way so that you can really put them to work and not feel guilty about it. There’s also no reason you can’t take a page from Extreme interior Makeover: Home Edition’s book and get a group together to work on a project for someone who you know is in need of help. Maybe you have a sick friend or relative, or you know someone who has just gone through a crisis like divorce or the death of a family member. Create a surprise for that person by making over one or more of her rooms with or without her knowing; the pleasure she (or he) takes in the result will be one of the most fantastic rewards you’ve ever received.
And if you do it right, the project can be a blast. A few years ago I designed a mural for a bedroom belonging to a family in Colorado that had adopted several troubled foster kids destined for juvenile hall or prison. The mural was a very detailed rendering of a bandana-type pat- tern, in keeping with the fact that the house was on a ranch and the parents were horse whisperers. I had to project the pattern on the wall, pencil it in, then go back and paint each individual shape, some of which were only one to two inches long. Fortunately, a family of five that had been helping out with the whole makeover project as well as my friend Nancy, a muralist, ended up pitching in.
It took us nine hours, but it was such a good time. We listened to music and chowed down on pizza while watching this beautiful pattern take shape throughout the night. It was great fun and well worth the effort. Here’s another makeover party idea for you. If you’re low on funds for your makeover project but rich in stuff that you’d like to get rid of, have a Raffle for Renovation party. Invite a lot of people, offer music and drink, and sell tickets for a couple of bucks. Before my TV days, I threw one of these parties and unloaded a ton of things that had been piling up in my garage.
I threw in some bikes and an old car that didn’t run anymore. You can even throw in things that have no value like a bucket of bricks, just for the fun of it. By the end of the night you get rid of all that stuff you’d been collecting for years, and you also made a pretty good chunk of change that you can put toward your makeover project.