House list

I don't remember where I read about it, but I read somewhere about a blogger who made a list of house improvements that she wanted to make this year. I thought it was such a good idea that I made my own list! Unfortunately, I then completely forgot to post it here. Oops. Well, better late than never!

I divided my list up by room, and tried to make it not too expansive, because even though I have a year to complete them, I don't want to bite off more than I can chew, of course!


Living room:

• Hang a wedding picture on the wall
• Hang and decorate with frame shadow boxes (I will post about these when I hang them up; they were another Freecycle find!)
• Get a new rug
• Hang the mirror (a gift that I haven't gotten around to hanging up yet)
• Get 2 chairs and sell the Freecycle couch (or at least get rid of it, but I'm hoping to sell it!)
• Get a small coffee table (I have my eye on one posted on Freecycle, actually!)

Kitchen:

• Replace switch plate covers (check! Post coming soon on that!)
• Get a new dining room table (Not feasible right now, based on the space we have so I'm putting this off until later)
• Find a nicer way to store our plastic to-go containers (please tell me I'm not the only one who battles with this!!)
• Fix screen door
• Stain deck (OK, this is outside, but it's off the kitchen, so that counts!)

Den:

• Get his and her recliners and a couch
• Sell Freecycle sectional (seeing a pattern here?)
• Hang Dark Side of the Moon poster (it needs to be leveled...it's kinda a pain to hang, but it needs to be done!)
• Replace switch plate covers
• Fix weather stripping on the door to the garage
• Replace door to garage? (I'm not sure if we want to or need to do this, but it has a doggie door that we don't use, so a new one might be nice
• Find better curtains

Master bedroom:

• Hang something above the bed (we have a big, empty wall!)
• Sand and refinish my bedside table
• Build a stand for the TV and DVD player

Office:

• Repair and rehang broken frame
• Mount speakers on the wall (We decided to sell these instead)
• Find a desk with more storage (thank you Craigslist! They even delivered!)
• Sell the desk we currently have (again, Craigslist!)
  
• Organize!!!

Guest room:

• Find a small mirror or full length mirror to hang
• Replace or paint dresser
• Spray paint bed frame white

I will keep you posted as I progress in my goals!