House Plans

Mr. Cob and I have had a running list of “things to do to the house” since we moved in last year. We’re doing OK and slowly crossing things off. For instance we have:

1. Furnished our home office with a new desk and book shelves;

2. Painted the living room, dining room and kitchen;

3. Caulked and painted the trim in the living room, dining room and kitchen;

4. Painted the fireplace mantel;

5. Replaced the roof (this wasn’t so much something we wanted to do, but something we had to do);

6. Screened in the porch (pictures to come soon);

7. Decorated the sunroom (my mom was a huge help in this project – as in, she sewed all the curtains and recovered the couch and chair and bought the rug – it was a great birthday present last year!);

8. Built stairs off the back deck;

9. Many other small projects (i.e. furnishing and decorating all the rooms, gardening and landscaping, etc.)

And yet we still have a long list of things to do. And with the upcoming arrival of Baby Swan, the list keeps getting longer and longer everyday. Here’s our current list (which is sure to grow)…

A. Paint the downstairs hallway and breakfast nook (do I get points for already having bought the paint?);

B. Re-do all the beds in the front yard and lay down weed mats (we are half way there – three of the four beds have been reshaped and the excess dirt dug out, we just need to lay down the weed mats and mulch this weekend, assuming it doesn’t rain, again);

C. Finish the basement, including adding Mr. Cob’s brew shop;

D. Rework the heating and air duct system and add more registers in the living room and baby’s room (I need to take a picture of the ducts in the basement – they are industrial sized ducts and look ridiculously huge, not to mention the non-energy efficient aspect, which I’m sure is present. I fear this is an expensive project, but necessary as some of the rooms in our house just don’t heat/cool well);

E. Find a permanent solution for the “dummy door” in the baby’s room (there is a full sized door in this room that leads out to a 3 foot by 1 foot deck, which has no use – other than for perhaps sneaking a cigarette if one were to smoke and trying to hide it, i.e. when I was in high school. The door is also drafty. I’m just sure what our options are with this one);

F. Paint the baby’s room and the downstairs bathroom, oh and the laundry room and sunroom while we’re at it;

G. Fence in the back yard; repave and widen the driveway; build a lower-level deck or seating area of some sort;

H. Replace all the door knobs downstairs (we did purchase new knobs this week);

I. And any other project I whimsically decide to add to our list.

Guess we should get started, huh?