Thursday, April 14, 2011

Das big wish list

Time to get organized! All this stuff has been floating in my head since, well, the first day we saw the house. Here is the project wish list (for now):

First and foremost
Finish unpacking
Deck furniture
New grill!
Kitchen table and chairs
Plant herbs, etc
Hide cables in walls
Soap dispensers/toothbrush holders/etc for baths
Get rid of mailbox magnet wrapper-thing
Start to make design plans!
Hang some art

First big project
Strip dining room wallpaper and paint

Projects: Years 1-10 (haha)
Front room
Furniture (would be good)
Good cleaning/repaint built-ins

Living room
Repaint
Pillows
Area rug

Dining room
Curtains

Half bath
Replace hardware (just say no to pineapples)
Strip wallpaper and paint

Kitchen
Replace paper towel holder
New cabinet knobs
Fix cracked kitchen tiles
Curtains
Replace light fixture

Master bed/bath
Strip alcove wallpaper and paint
Repaint?
Move mirror to half bath and find one for master

Dorm room
Lighting
New bedding
Curtains

Dorm room bath
Paint (Yikes, what is that color anyway? "Slaughtered salmon" perhaps?)
Paint mirror frame
Shower curtain
(Window) curtains

Office
Lighting?
Potential trip hazard!
 
Basement
Triage shelving
Paint floor

Outside
Paint/stain deck
Reshape bushes (crazy hack job)
Motion sensor light for deck
Motion senor light for walkout

Low priority
What to do about the wall color in open areas?
New front door
Finish basement
Stain cabinets
Kitchen counter top

Maybe, maybe
Solar power!
Bath renovations
Garage door

And...I'm exhausted already. Can you imagine what this would look like if we bought a house that needed major renovations?

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