To Do List

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).

Exterior

• Mailbox
• New doorbell (installed, but we need a new door chime.)
• House numbers
• Repaint exterior (just need to do trim work)
• Spanish tile on front steps
• Spanish tile door surround
• Replace front porch light
  
• Back porch fan
• Replace storm door
• Light over pool table
• Caulk living room windows
• Build outdoor shower surround
• Remove dying oak tree
• Remove wavy tile & concrete, add patio
• Build Adirondack chairs
• Build outdoor sofa
• Plumb outdoor shower
• Make stairs for shed
• Build outdoor table
• Plan of attack for back porch floor
• Paint back porch ceiling
• Do something about plywood back porch walls
• Build barn doors for back porch
• Make stump table(s)
• Build carport
• Seed lawn
• Landscape

Entryway/Hallway

• Console table
• Hallway light fixture
• Paint around new breaker box
• Hang mirror over breaker box
• Add coat/purse hooks
• Replace AC closet door & knob

Library

• Paint
• New curtains
  
• Replace air vent
• Build-ins on far wall
• Fix ceiling (Charlie?)
• Fireplace surround
• Crown moulding

Dining Room

• Paint
• Rug
• New chairs
• New hutch
• Paint below chair rail
• Replace air vent
• Lights in china hutch
• Faux transom over doorway (?)
• Crown moulding

Kitchen

• New stove & dishwasher
• New curtain
• Light over sink
• Install bridge faucet
• Install new flooring – semi-temporary
• New refrigerator
• Chalkboard wall
• Replace air vent
• Remove existing pantry
• Move fridge over
• Build fridge cabinet
• Pantry transom
• Pantry light
• Pantry shelves
• Replace cabinet doors & hardware
• Concrete counters
• Replace backsplash
• Under cabinet lighting
• Have Charlie smooth ceiling
• More permanent flooring
• Radiant heat floor (?)

Living Room

• Paint
• Buy rug
• Sofa table
• Trees on wall in living room
• Back door curtain
• Make curtains
• Make an ottoman
• Replace air vents
• Remove fan and put up light fixture
• Light fixture over round table
• DVD shelf
• Remove unused switches
• Caulk between boards on ceiling
• Wider crown moulding(?)
• Remove carpet and lay hardwood
• Plexi for liquor cabinet
• Replace windows (newer, more energy efficient)

Guest Room

• Paint
• Curtain
• Build bedframe
• Replace door & knob
• Repaint
• New doors
• Smooth ceiling
• Replace air vent
• New light/fan
• Crown moulding
• Build headboard
• Recover bed frame? (depends on headboard)
• Tubular sky lights?
• New window curtain
• Second Lillholmen light
• Second Malm nightstand
• 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 – mostly done
• Put everything back together – working on it

Laundry Room

• Repair pipe that rat chewed
• Repair drywall
• Paint – needs second coat
• Replace light fixture
• Replace door & knob
• Smooth ceiling?
• Build platform for washer & dryer
• Move washer/dryer onto platform
• Replace old, inefficient water heater
• Build shelves around water heater
• New flooring
• Install sink
• Add window over sink or washer/dryer (?) or tubular skylight

Hall Bathroom

• Paint
• New sink faucet
• Replace shower head
• Replace air vent
• Replace toilet
• Remove closet door
• Remove old airbox
• Replace tub handles, spout & valve
• Move shower head up 8-10″
• Refinish inside of closet
• Replace hall door & knob
• Strip/repaint closet door
• Replace sink & faucet
• Restore tile & grout
• Refinish bathtub
• Replace vent fan
• Change flooring (?)
• Radiant heat floor (?)

Master

• Paint
• Bedframe
• Second sconce
• New curtains (again)
• Remove fan, hang light
• Paint ceiling
• Replace air vent
• Replace door & knob
  
• Wide crown moulding
• French doors for closet(s)
• Plexi for shoe cabinet

Art Room

• New curtains
• New ceiling light
  
• Refinish wood chair
• Hang pulldown map
• Replace fan with light
  
• Refinish metal chair
• Paint inside closet office
• Make coffee bag pinboard
• Make new surface for desk
• Pinboard above closet desk
• Replace air vent
• Add light over closet desk
• Replace door & knob
• New curtain for closet office
• Refinish PB-ish chair
• Add shelving around closet desk
• Add Ekby Alex below desk
• Wide crown moulding (?)
• Wood top for flat files (it’s bowing)

4th Bedroom/Dog Room/R’s Closet

• Replace door & knob
• Paint
• Find better place for dog kennels

Not Blog-Sexy

• New air handler (our home warranty provided by the seller helped with this)
• Programmable thermostat
• New electrical panel
  
• Repair soffit vents
• Remove/replace concrete easement at base of driveway
• Clean/replace rain gutters
• Better insulation
• Box in soffits
• Replumb

Dream Projects

• Stucco over areas that have T-111
• Enclose porch to make sunroom
• Add a half bathroom off living room
• Add bathroom addition off current master
• Build garage with studio above

Check out some of the items we check off on our Projects page.