As has change into my customized for the final a number of years, I’m beginning this new 12 months off with an inventory of objectives that I hope to perform on our home this 12 months. I did fairy properly final 12 months on working in the direction of my objectives (you can see how well I did here), and I hope to maintain up that momentum (or possibly pace up that momentum a bit with elevated focus) this 12 months.
I’ve to confess that I’m getting into this 12 months with somewhat little bit of uncertainty in making my record of objectives. The largest objective for this 12 months — our addition — remains to be an enormous query mark. There’s no query that we need to construct an addition. There’s no query that we need to get began on it this 12 months (ASAP, truly). The query is simply how briskly or gradual that mission will go. I do not know how that may progress, so I’m attempting to carry it very loosely in my hand in order that I received’t set myself up for enormous disappointment if we finish this 12 months and not using a fully completed and useful addition.
So with that mentioned, let’s leap into my objectives for this 12 months, beginning with the sure objectives, and ending with the loosely-held objectives.
My Studio
My studio is clearly my first precedence for this 12 months. I made a ton of progress on the room final 12 months, however there are various tasks that also must be completed. The entrance wall of cupboards is totally completed and usable, and Felicity loves it as a lot as I do. 😀
However there’s nonetheless rather a lot left to do!
Right here’s a fast rundown of what’s left:
- End portray the ceiling and partitions,
- End putting in trim (baseboards and door casings),
- Paint the remainder of the doorways,
- Paint the bases of the work tables,
- Paint the bottom of the desk,
- Reupholster the desk chair,
- End the cupboards within the workplace space,
- Make the countertop for the workplace space,
- Make or purchase a brand new pendant gentle for the workplace space,
- Clear out the storage closet and add cabinets,
- Sew and grasp curtains on the again doorways.
Studio Half Toilet
A toilet is technically a separate room, so I’m itemizing this individually. Having separate lists for the 2 separate areas additionally helps me to not get so overwhelmed with an excellent lengthy to-do record. The toilet may be very a lot in an in-between state, and I’m very enthusiastic about getting it completed. Proper now, it’s fairly the mess.
It’s a tiny room, so in my thoughts, it shouldn’t take lengthy to complete. We’ll see how that goes. 😀 Right here’s what I must do:
- Restore holes/gouges within the partitions from eradicating the tile and trim,
- Prime the higher partitions,
- Set up the wallpaper,
- End the trim,
- Re-frame the mirror,
- Purchase and set up a shade for the window.
Visitor Bed room
Matt and I’ve been utilizing this bed room as our fundamental bed room since 2021 whereas we look ahead to our addition to be constructed. And since I’m on this room a lot, I’ve realized that there are some things I need/want to alter or enhance. And since we don’t know the way lengthy our addition will take, I don’t need to maintain out for our new bed room. I must make this room work higher and extra effectively for me. However I additionally need to deal with some aesthetic points as properly.
So I’ll begin with the sensible stuff and transfer to the aesthetic stuff. The primary difficulty on this room is the storage. These closets are simply wonderful for a visitor bed room, however they’re not satisfactory in any respect for use as the principle storage for our garments and footwear. My footwear are continually spilling out onto the ground across the closet as a result of there’s merely not sufficient house. We’ve to make do with what we’ve got, although. So I must discover a approach to make it work till we are able to have our new bed room with our complete wall of IKEA wardrobes.
So right here’s the total record of what I need to do on this room…
- Create higher storage contained in the closet(s) (particularly shoe storage),
- Constructed a base/body for the mattress that works with an adjustable mattress and matches the headboard,
- Construct a pleasant rolling cart for Matt (extra on this later),
- Proceed the blue/floral wall design onto the higher half different two partitions,
- Add wainscoting to the underside part of the three partitions.
A number of the paint on the ground must be refreshed, however I don’t need to try this till we’re moved out of this room and into our new bed room. That will or could not get finished this 12 months.
Hallway Toilet
I made some adjustments on this room final 12 months — a brand new countertop and a brand new self-importance shade. So this 12 months I need to end up the makeover on this room. That may embody a brand new mirror, new sconces, new wallpaper, and extra.
Right here’s a have a look at what I’m planning:
- Take away the tile border and make any repairs to the wall as wanted,
- Set up wallpaper,
- Make or purchase a brand new mirror,
- Give new sconces a makeover after which set up,
- Paint ceiling (possibly),
- Rework shelving space simply contained in the door to the best in order that wallpaper may be put in in that space,
- Make new bathe curtain.
Grasp Toilet
I’ll wager y’all weren’t anticipating to see this room on a to-do record, had been you? 😀 Truly, I simply want a little bit of storage tweaking in right here. The room itself doesn’t want any adjustments.
The one difficulty in right here is that I’ve outgrown my jewellery storage, which is that this high drawer within the cupboard between the vanities.
I can take away the necklaces and retailer them with all of my beaded necklaces (as quickly as I determine how I need to retailer these), however I would like extra sections for earrings. Actually, I’d love for this whole drawer to be full of little sections for earrings and pendants. I’ve two adjustable chain necklaces — one in gold and one in silver that regulate from any size 24 inches and smaller — and I’ve an assortment of pendants for each. So a whole drawer full of earring-size sections could be fantastic!
I truly priced out having a customized jewellery insert made for this drawer, however with the variety of sections I need for a drawer this measurement, the worth was over $500. That’s simply not a value I’d pay for one thing like that. So my to-do record for this room is…
- Customise a drawer for jewellery storage,
- Customise any of the opposite drawer storage as wanted.
Now that we’ve been utilizing this room for a 12 months, I do know a bit higher how we use the drawers. They may all use a little bit of customization, however my jewellery drawer is the one which’s most in want of consideration.
Carport
We had our carport completed final 12 months, and it has been wonderful!! What a unique it has made having the ceiling completed, and having all of that gentle on the market now! It’s wonderful to have the ability to exit after sundown (particularly presently of 12 months when sundown is round 5:30pm) and have all of that gentle in order that I can proceed engaged on tasks.
So the entire main stuff has been finished. That simply leaves two smaller tasks for me to do:
- Paint the outside of the French doorways,
- Construct a storage cupboard.
Entrance Porch & Entrance Yard
Properly, I didn’t get it finished final 12 months, so possibly this would be the 12 months! 😀
Yearly I feel, “Possibly this would be the 12 months I’ll get some landscaping!” And yearly ends with no landscaping. So possibly, simply possibly, this would be the 12 months! 😀
Right here’s every thing I’d love to do:
- Apply yet one more coat of stain/sealer to the porch boards,
- Make any wanted repairs to the column wraps,
- End paint touchups,
- End the fake stone on the porch skirting,
- Mark off/edge planting beds and get some fairly vegetation within the floor!
- Rehang the shutter that fell,
- Rehang the tape lights that fell.
There’s much more that I’d like to do on the entrance of our home and in our entrance yard, but when I can simply get these small tasks finished, I’ll be glad. And eventually…
The Addition
I don’t even know what to say about this, besides that I simply hope and pray that we are able to make some actually good headway on our addition this 12 months. I’ve no expectation that it’ll truly be all completed, with the rooms all embellished and full, earlier than the top of the 12 months. That will be a fairly tall order. However I’d simply like to see some actual progress on it.
And naturally, there are such a lot of issues which can be contingent upon this addition. We will’t have a again patio till we’ve got the addition. I can’t flip our entrance room right into a eating room till we’ve got our new household room. I can’t flip our present sitting room again right into a breakfast room/extension of the kitchen till Matt has some comfortable seating in a brand new household room. And I don’t need to spend time or power making adjustments to our present kitchen when it may change drastically as a part of the addition.
So I don’t actually have a record of particular gadgets for the addition or the rooms that can be affected by the addition. We’re simply in a holding sample proper now, and I really feel like this who 12 months can be full of “wait and see”. That’s why I’m attempting to carry it loosely. I’m simply going to attempt my hardest to be laid again about the entire thing in order that I can benefit from the course of. If I attempt to maintain issues too tightly and get all micro-manager about it, it should stress me out and that might make for a very depressing 12 months. That’s the very last thing I need. I need 2024 to be a tremendous 12 months, and I can’t wait to see what occurs and the way a lot I can get completed!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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