9th
We’ve been a little lazy in finishing projects that we start around the house. Daryn posted this picture of our freshly demoed guest bedroom at the beginning of September. Today, 2 months later, it looks exactly the same. I’ve decided we need some accountability as motivation to finish what we’ve started. Rather than look at our list of home improvements as a whole, I’ve decided to break it down into smaller goals that will be easier to manage. To begin with, I’ve narrowed my list of home improvements down to the top 3, in order of importance, that I’d like to be done by May:
1. Finish the guest bedroom. This includes installing a new window to replace these two ugly vinyl clad windows. Installing a new window on the east side of the room so we can take advantage of the better territorial view. Closing off the closet in this room and opening it up in our bedroom. Installing a pocket door instead of the regular door. And insulating the outside walls, putting up drywall, and installing new trim work.
2. Fix the powder room downstairs. This includes tearing down the plaster and lathe and the shoddy trim work that the previous owners installed themselves. Removing the stained glass insert above the door. Installing a pocket door. Wiring the ceiling for a pendant fixture. Insulating the outside walls, putting up drywall, including filling in the gap where the stained glass window used to be, and installing new trim work.
3. Paint. This includes the walls, ceiling and trim in the living room, I’m thinking Benjamin Moore’s “Coventry Gray”. The walls, ceiling and trim in the foyer, stairs and upstairs landing, which are currently what I like to refer to as “Masking Tape Yellow”. We’d like these areas to be Benjamin Moore’s “Vanilla Ice Cream”. And our bedroom, the guest bedroom, Daryn’s office, the room that I am currently using as my closet, and the bathroom. I haven’t decided on colors for these rooms yet.
My first goal is to finish 1 by the New Year. This may change to accommodate doing 1 and 2 simultaneously, as much of the same type of work needs to be done in both projects.
