Do unemployed car workers try to beat boredom by painting their homes? Do recently made redundant bankers, for that matter, embrace DIY instead of DIFM (Do-it-for-me)? In a static housing market do people really improve their homes rather than move? Indeed, do they choose to spend their diminishing disposable income on enhancing their domestic environment in lieu of holidays or other treats? Has aspirational DIY - sustained by clever advertising and TV makeover shows - been relegated to yesterday's fads?
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