House Stuff

It's been a while since I've made a list of all the house things I want to do.  There's always something to do.  I have all these ideas, but have been lacking motivation to actually do any of them.  So, in an effort to get movin, I thought I'd write everything down in one place:

 

OUTSIDE - so we have done zero in the way of beautifying our backyard in the three years and 24 days that we've lived there.  But that is about to change!  A very good friend of mine is a landscape architect and she's working with us to get some plans together to make the backyard a functional play space for Lukas and less of an eyesore.  The two major projects that will be undertaken are the demo of our current driveway and "pond" and then reinstallation (and widening) of our driveway.  (This excites me more than it should).  And then landscape, landscape, landscape!  Stay tuned for updates...

 

FAMILY ROOM:  Replace hideous black leather chair that is currently covered by a hideous, ill-fitting green slipcover.  Anyone have any wallet-friendly furniture stores you like?

 

SCREENED IN PORCH:  After power washing the floor last Spring, it became apparent that the floor will never look clean.  So I've decided that I'm going to paint it this year!  And somehow I have gotten my mom to agree to sew covers for all the cushions on our couch - the only stipulation she had was for me to go shopping for fabric with her.  Easy enough!  She has the hard job - and I fear she will be cursing me mid-job. But I think it will really help make that space look better. It was unseasonably warm yesterday and Mr. Cob and I sat on the porch for an hour talking - I'm so ready for spring!  I also have this idea that somehow I'll be able to keep some plants alive for more than a week to further pretty-up our porch.  I've yet to keep any green plant alive for longer than a few months.  I have a black thumb. 

 

L's ROOM:  I need to touch up paint his bookshelves/toy chest.  Otherwise, his room is perfect!

 

GUEST ROOM: Paint!  Have I mentioned that the paint has been bought and is simply sitting in the guest room.  We're going on month 4 now.  Pathetic.

 

LAUNDRY ROOM: I'm not sure where to start.  It annoys me when I walk in there.  For starters, I need to clean it out and then catch up on about 5 loads of laundry and fold all the clean laundry.  But, I want it to become a prettier space. Then maybe I'll have more incentive to actually do laundry.  Probably not, but I'm going with it for now.  I somehow need to create a linen closet in the laundry room.  Any ideas???

 

KITCHEN:  Replace tile floor with hardwoods.  The tile keeps cracking, so we've decided hardwood is the way to go.  We also need to replace the wine cooler that blew in our power surge that happened, eh hem, three years ago. 

 

BASEMENT: I don't even know where to begin.  We need some storage solutions.  And probably to have a yard sale.

 

There are also a bunch of "little" projects - like painting the door frame where we'd hung Lukas' jumper, fix the door in the pantry, paint the front door (or buy a new one), paint the front steps, stain the back deck, clean out my closet...

 

Ok, now I'm feeling overwhelmed.  Maybe I shouldn't have made this list.  Can we pretend I didn't?  OK, thanks.