This is a thing that frustrates me. One the one hand, I'd like to upgrade my wardrobe to more stylish than leather boots, jeans (w/paint stains and/or holes), casual button-up (some stained, some not yet), sweatshirt, and a baseball cap. On the other hand, I'm pretty much constantly doing remodeling of some sort, or various handyman/yardwork things, or auto repair/maintenance on my own vehicles either for myself or others (my business is small home repairs).
If I only did remodeling/repair as my day job, that'd be fine-- I could have a work uniform that got dirty and change when I got home. But I don't. I do all kinds of different fix-it projects all the time.
If I waited to wear nice clothes until I wasn't doing a project, I'd never wear nice clothes. Which....is what happens. I don't see the point in having nice clothes that I can't ever wear, or wearing nice clothes and then basically never allowing myself to be available to do any project involving more mess than loading the dishwasher. Invariably, when I decide I'm going to wear a nicer shirt or pants, I find a thing that has to be fixed, or a dirty/greasy thing that has to be moved, and I end up with yet another item of clothing in my "work clothes" pile.
I mean, ultimately, I'd like to be in a place where I don't have to DIY stuff all the time. Then I can wear what I want. But realistically, there are so many things I *want* to do that involve messy DIY involvement (build a playhouse for/with the kids, build a couple go karts, remodel the yard to be how I want it, etc.), that I don't really ever see myself in a position of not doing this kind of handy work.
Anyone else have/solve this problem?