Ok, we bought our house to renovate just over 6 years ago. Long story but have not yet started - unexpected illness dh and severe financial problems - 2 dcs in 2 years!We are definitely on the upturn after a couple of awful years, though 
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Long-term aim is to remortgage and extend the house which will double it's size. We can't afford that yet - hopefully next year.
Sooooo - house is 2 (very large) bedrooms. Dd 2.10 is still in a cot in the one good room. She can't go into a bed in there as lots of child-unfriendliness - storage containers, rowing machine, wardrobe with glass doors.
We are in the other bedroom which is a mess and which we are going to turn into 2 small rooms for the dcs. Poor ds 1.7 went from cot in there to camping in dining room/office. He has never had his own room and we would like our dining room back!
The bedroom needs several layers of old wallpaper stripping, replastering in some areas of crumbling plaster on walls, revolting artex ceiling replastered, thick chipped woodwork stripping or at least sanding down. It is double aspect, so needs a stud wall building down middle and plastering or plaster boarding. Then new doorway knocked through from hall to one half, door and frame. Floor has fairly decent boards which we may sand, but could alternatively get some neutral carpet (currently have very thin scary colour carpet put in just before we moved in and no underlay!)
I would dearly like dd to be in her new room for her birthday in 7 weeks' time. Dh pretty much rolled his eyes at me when I announced this; we both are terrible prevaricators in getting anything done and are very busy with work and kids, but I feel that unless we start setting some deadlines to get something positive done with the house, we will never get anywhere until that mythical day when we suddenly have enough money to pay someone to do it all!
Would you try in this timescale? We both have weekends off, dh has 2 weekdays free when dcs are at nursery, I am at work approx 60 hours a week, he looks after dc's rest of weekdays. Dh can do all of the above himself and has some help available from friends. We have all of the equipment needed and for the first time in several years have the 1-2K needed to do it all properly.
Thoughts please 