In the endless hours, days, and months you spent stuck at home this past year, odds are you picked up a pandemic hobby or three. And while intentions were certainly good at the outset, not every quarantine pastime turned out to be a roaring success.
In fact, pandemic pastime pitfalls were rampant, whether folks tried their hands at sourdough boules or begonia beds. For a snapshot at some of the pandemic hobbies that just didn’t satisfy or pan out the way homeowners had hoped, here are eight tales from the front lines—and the lessons learned.
1. DIY projects
According to a survey from Lending Tree, DIY projects accounted for 14% of pandemic pastimes. Yet a report from Bid-On-Equipment found that these home improvement efforts didn’t always pay off, with top complaints being that the projects took too long to complete, and cost too much.
This all makes sense, since renovation requires ponying up big-time for drills, lathes, and other pricey gear. In fact, of the 60% of homeowners who took up a new hobby during the pandemic, more than half proceeded to take on credit card debt…
