To kick off the new year, we’re sharing our revised to do list. 

Here is our list from June:

1.  Remodel our kitchen.

2.  Pour a new concrete patio.

3.  Refinish our hardwood floors.

4.  Finish part of our laundry and close the ugly out.

5.  Complete our steam room/shower.

6.  Clean and stain our fence.  Build gates.

And some of our smaller projects:

1.  Repaint our interior doors and replace hardware.

2.  New dining table and chairs.

3.  Update bedroom and hall light fixtures.

4.  Finish drawers and doors for basement office, entertainment center and bathroom.

5.  Touch up paint throughout the house, fill any cracks with caulking and maybe repaint our living room, hall and dining room.

6.  Spray paint our end tables and create new tops.

7.  Fill in areas with landscape rock.

8.  Grout our bathroom seam to prevent leaking.

9.  Paint front door outside trim white.

10.  Install a master bathroom fan.

I have crossed off the things we have completed, but we still have so many things to finish (or start!)  Here are the most recent additions to our never-ending to do list, starting at the entry:

1.  Even out front walkway.

Notice where the pavers meet the concrete…tripping hazard.

2.  Build/buy a storage bench and recycling center.

3.  Organize entryway and coat closet.

4.  Repaint living room, hall, and kitchen.

5.  Build a buffet table.

6.  Buy or make a new light for the boy’s room. 

7.  New night stands with storage for the master bedroom.

8.  New art for the master bedroom.

9.  Get a mirror for the stairwell.

10.  Buy, find or make art for the entire basement, including one large piece behind the couch.

11.  End tables for the theater room.

12.  Decorate the theater room entertainment center, without altering the sound…  That is tough.  (Finish and hang the sliding doors for the entertainment center)

13.  Organize our laundry room, add shelving, and finish the walls.  A light switch (and not a pull chain) would be nice.

14.  Make a bed and headboard for the small basement bedroom. 

15.  Buy and install sliding closet doors.

16.  Hang curtains and more art for this bedroom.

17.  Convince Ben to donate the headboard for the queen sized bed and switch beds from room to room. 

18.  Convince Ben to get rid of the rarely used exercise equipment. 

19.  Find a reasonable furniture layout for the large basement bedroom.

20.  Clean out the bedroom closet and donate anything we don’t need or use. 

Things I’d like to change, but may not:

1.  Repaint the backs of the entertainment center shelves.

2.  Repaint master bathroom.

3.  Make a cool, modern spoon rack. 

I’m sure there are plenty more things that I’m missing, but this should keep us busy for now.  Do you have long lingering projects looming over your head?  I would love to have the doors and drawers done for our basement that we finished nine months ago.