Six or so years ago, my husband and I moved from our little house in town to a larger 150 odd-year-old house in the country. The house is the one that I grew up in and I am the 5th generation of my family to live there.
When I initially set up this space for a website, one of the first pages I added was a house to do list. I use lists as a brain dump, especially when I am stressed and since our ongoing home remodel is such a large part of my life, I figured it would find it’s way on here in some type of capacity no matter what I wrote about.
And since we are hanging out regularly now, I thought I would share it with you.
Here is our never-ending house to-do list:
Living/Dining Room
- fill in nail holes
- touch up paint
- crown molding
- strip molding around doors/windows
- strip baseboard trim
- strip doors
take the faux brick off the chimney- talk to a stone mason to see if brick needs to be cleaned/sealed/repaired
- replace the dining room table
- get a new light fixture for over the table
- rug under the table?
- repaint trim and doors
get rid of the corner hutch- touch up paint
Downstairs Office
- Paint
- Replace door (barn door?)
- New flooring
New curtains- Area rug
- strip and repaint all trim
- install crown molding
- new light fixture
Install bookshelvesGet desk/filing system
Downstairs Bath
- replace the ceiling (faux pressed tin?)
- strip and repaint the window and door trim
- replace baseboard trim
- redo vanity
- replace mirror
- replace vanity light
Kitchen
- The whole room is going to be re-done, so . . . .
Back Deck
Porch
- New flooring
- replace paneling with shiplap
- remove/replace the basement door
- replace patio door
- put in a dog door
Garage
Stair/Hall
- new flooring
- replace ceiling and paneling walls
- new windows
- KonMarie and organize dugout (crawl space)
- paint hall closet
- install new light fixtures
Upstairs Bath
Master Bedroom
- trim out the closet door
- figure out something (maybe curtain) for closet door
- Baseboard and crown molding
- New windows
Spare Bedroom
- new flooring
- strip door
- strip trim
- paint door and trim
- put up crown molding
- new doors for closets
- KonMarie the shit out of the closets
- Paint inside of closets
- area rug
- new window
- new curtains
- cover up old window
- take out baseboard heater
Tiny Room
- get rid of the old desk
- move books to office
- hang curtains
- touch up paint
- replace flooring
- purchase area rug
- replace windows
- strip window trim and repaint
- strip and replace baseboard
Patio
- replaced cracked patio with crushed stone patio
- remove clothesline (move somewhere else)
- add fenced in yard for the dog and privacy
Front Deck
- replace those damn concrete stairs
- redo sidewalk
- fix up sidewalk bed
