Home Repair List

As the year ends, it's a good time to reflect on past projects and plan for new ones. We accomplished a lot on our new house in 2011 -  painting the kitchen, painting the powder room, the master bedroom makeover, the informal living room upgrade, and several other small upgrades. We also sold our first house this year!

The following is a list of projects we still want to do on our house. However, we won't be able to do all of them in 2012. This list can seem pretty daunting, but it's also exciting to see all the changes we can make to make our house ours. Since our informal living room upgrade was such a big project, we will probably work on small projects for the first part of the year to "recuperate".

Kitchen
-new counter tops
-add pantry shelves
-paint pantry
-add microwave to cabinet
-figure out final layout
-get new dishwasher and stove
-build a tile back splash
-add drawers to bottom cabinets
-maybe paint or add wallpaper to china cabinet

Powder Room
-make curtains
-scrape sink

Upstairs Hallway
-remove wallpaper
-build chair rail
-paint
-add art work

Guest Bedroom
-refinish dresser
-add curtains
-move trundle to office
-get queen size bed
-paint
-get bed linens
-organize closet with built ins

Office
-rearrange furniture layout
-add trundle bed
-spray paint trundle bed
-get smaller glass desk to make office nook
-paint
-add curtains
-refinish bookcase

Guest Bathroom
-paint
-build subway tile chair rail
-re-do tile floors
-add glass shower
-add shelving

Laundry room
-paint
-add cabinets

Master Bathroom
-add walk-in shower
-build separate toilet room
-get larger vanity
-build walk in closet
-add curtains

Master Bedroom
-create walk in closet or better closet organization
-find small gas logs

Foyer
-remove wallpaper
-get large art piece
-paint
-get upholstered chair?

Informal Living Room
-get side tables
-get lamps
-move gallery wall

Dining Room
-get buffet
-get upholstered arm chairs

Outdoors
-add a fountain
-add landscape lighting
-buy new outdoor dining set
-DIY outdoor coffee table
-add white wicker chair to back porch
-re-do brick patio
-build stairs from bricks on side of house
-remove large tree