I've always felt that any woman who can cut out and sew a dress together (much less a quilt) can build a house. The skills are the same to a certain extent.
I spent all last year replacing carpeting with laminate, putting in new door facings, and baseboard. I also tore down and rebuilt the patio cover. I used my omnigrid rulers for all of the cuts, measurements, etc. I also laid new tile in both bathrooms. This year I'm going to tackle reflooring my kitchen. My hubby has been a little testy about the stack of tile in the garage, but I went to a Lowe's "yard sale" and they had 8 piece boxes of 18" ceramic tiles for $2.50. I bought enough to do my kitchen floor for less than $50. I call it my "building supply" cache.
It's amazing that you can get better measurements with the quilting rulers than you ever could with the mechanical stuff you buy at Home Depot.