This section is mostly for our own benefit, a list of what we hope to accomplish (as well as a running log of what we already tackled).
From Apartment Therapy, seen on YHL
Exterior
- Mailbox
- New doorbell (installed, but we need a new door chime.)
- House numbers
- Repaint exterior (painted the front porch, slowly working our way around the house)
- Spanish tile on front steps
- Spanish tile door surround
- Back porch fan
- Replace storm door
- Light over pool table
- Caulk living room windows
- Outdoor shower (built surround, need to plumb)
- Stock tank pool
- Make stairs for shed
- Reclaimed brick patio (begun collecting brick and pricing other materials)
- Plan of attack for back porch floor
- Beadboard & paint back porch ceiling
- Do something about plywood back porch walls
- Remove dying oak tree
- Build carport
- Landscape
Entryway/Hallway
- Console table
- Hallway light fixture
- New interior doors
Library
- Paint
- Build-ins
- Fireplace
- Fix ceiling
- Crown molding
Dining Room
- Paint
- Rug
- New chairs
- Faux transom
- Crown molding
- Paint below chair rail
- Build-ins around doorway
- Add second light switch
Kitchen
- New stove & dishwasher
- New curtain
- Light over sink
- Install bridge faucet
- Install new flooring
- Chalk or memo board
- Smooth ceiling
- New refrigerator
- Radiant heat floor
- Concrete countertops
- Under cabinet lighting (Ikea trip?)
Living Room
- Paint
- Buy rug
- Sofa table
- Trees on wall in living room
- Back door curtain
- Living room curtains
- Make stump table(s)
- Plexi for liquor cabinet
- Patch over unused switches
- Light fixture over round table
- Caulk between boards on ceiling
- Remove carpet and lay hardwood
- Remove fan and put up light fixture (and it has a switch!)
- Screen/something to camouflage erg
- Replace windows (newer, more energy efficient)
Guest Room
- Paint
- Curtain
- Build bedframe
- New doors
- Crown molding
- Tubular sky lights
- Remove carpet and lay hardwood
Guest Bath
- Hate it
- Paint and live with
- Unexpectedly discover black mold after pipe bursts
- Demo everything enthusiastically
- Save up and buy supplies
- Put everything back together
Laundry Room
- Paint
- Install sink
- New flooring
- Smooth ceiling
- Tubular sky light?
- Tankless water heater
- Add window overs sink
- Platform for washer & dryer
Hall Bathroom
- Paint
- New faucet
- Remove closet door
- Change flooring
- Radiant heat floor
- Change out sink
- Change out toilet
Master
- Paint
- Bedframe
- Second sconce
- New curtains (again)
- Wide crown molding
- Plexi for shoe cabinet
- New doors or curtain for closet
Art Room
- New curtains
- Refinish wood chair
- Hang pulldown map
- Refinish metal chair
- Refinish PB-ish chair (needs casters and a coat of poly)
- Wide crown molding
- Paint inside closet office
- Make coffee bag pinboard
- Make new surface for desk
- Add shelf over closet desk
- Add Ekby Alex below desk
- Pinboard above closet desk
- New curtain for closet office
- Wood top for flat files (it’s bowing)
Not Blog-Sexy
- New air handler (our home warranty provided by the seller helped with this)
- Programmable thermostat
- Better insulation
- Replumb
Dream Projects
- Remove T111; stucco addition
- Bathroom addition off master
- Half bathroom off living room
- Build garage with studio above
- Enclose porch to make sunroom
Check out some of the items we check off on our Projects page.
