Listy Listerson

This month marks 6 years of living in our house. A lot has changed in those 6 years. We had just celebrated our first wedding anniversary before moving in and we celebrated 10 years together (dating and married) last October. We welcomed Lily home here and in less than 4 months, will welcome home our son.

Our house has undergone some changes too but we still have lots to do. So, here is the Master List for the house of everything we wanted to do, have done (with links to corresponding posts when possible) and plans for our future. Since I'm a huge an of Young House Love, I'll do it room by room like them.

Let's start at the front of the house.

Front Yard:

New sidewalks - coming Summer 2013 hopefully

Remove large holly bush

Fill in hole left by tree previously removed - done, will do more later when we till the whole yard

Add curb appeal with better flower gardens - one side is done, shown here

Remove giant shrubs

Add sidewalk from current sidewalk (the one going to our front porch from the street) to replace gravel, stepping stones and overgrown bushes

Remove all giant bushes near side yard

Remove all partially buried, rotten wood - done

Remove broken street light - done

Front Porch:

Fix hardware on door - done, added deadbolt and new lock for security reasons

Remove mail slot 

Paint or stain front door 

Remove old metal trim from missing screen door - done

Paint mailbox and/or buy new one

Buy furniture - including a porch swing and chairs

Paint floor

Paint railings

Possibly paint ceiling (blue?)

Add plants and decor

Exterior of whole house:

Paint window sills

Replace windows

Faccia, soffit and new gutters

Interior of whole house:

Paint all trim white

Sand, stain, refinish all wood floors

Living Room:

Buy carpet

Buy additional furniture (it came with the green sofa, love seat, and chair) but lacks storage - done

Paint! Ceiling, walls, trim, fireplace - done

Remove wallpaper - done

Remove existing curtains - done

Remove all random metal pieces - done

Repair chimney

Decorate

Dining Room:

Paint trim, walls, ceiling

Remove wallpaper

New lighting

Buy area rug

Buy buffet or sideboard (table, china cabinet and wine cabinet came with the house) - done, then swapped for my grandmother's sideboard

Buy curtains - done
Remove bi-fold door to basement

Decorate

Kitchen:

Phase 1: remove wallpaper, paint walls, ceiling and trim

Phase 2: complete gut - new appliances, new cabinets, insulation, paint, floor, etc

TV Room (back bedroom):

Remove carpet

Refinish hardwood floors

Buy new furniture - couch, tv unit, etc. - done

Paint

New curtains - done

Decorate

New TV

Middle Bedroom: (aka Lily's nursery/room)

Remove wallpaper - done

Paint trim, walls, ceiling

New curtains - done

Furniture - done

Bathroom:

Phase 1: remove wallpaper, paint, new shower curtain - done

Phase 2: complete overhaul - walls, window, insulation, shower/tub combo, linen closet, vanity, etc.

Front Bedroom: (aka Lily's new big girl room)

Remove wallpaper

Add insulation and new walls and drywall 

Move closet (to add more space for bathroom remodel) - done

Paint all original trim

Paint walls, ceiling

Decorate

Upstairs:

Complete gut job

Remove everything

Add new walls for insulation - done

Have professionals install spray foam insulation

New drywall - done

New doors for crawl spaces - done
Paint

Redo Doug's closet

Create TV area

Buy furniture - bedroom set, chairs for tv area

Decorate

Storage, decorations for my closet - done

Meg's Office:

Complete gut (along with the rest of the upstairs) - done

Buy desk - done

Buy chair

Build shelves along one short wall

Buy area rug, curtains - done

Hang up existing art, decorate - partially done

Buy lamp 
Buy computer

Fix existing built in

Use existing armoire for additional storage, organize arts and craft supplies - done

Upstairs Bathroom:

Complete gut (with the rest of the upstairs) - done

Fix leaky skylight - done

Decorate

Basement:

Laundry room side:

Storage! - done

Organization - kind of done

Area rug(s) - done

Add utility sink

Add shelves (decent size that aren't slanted) above washer/dryer

Unfinished side:

Storage, organization

Fix broken lighting

Maybe in the future - finish it off (if possible) and turn into kid hang out 

Basement bathroom: 

Remove teeny tiny shower (talk about a small space)

????? - no plans, just wishful thinking

Screened Porch (off kitchen):
Clean up
Fix broken windows
Redo?? 

Big Side Yard: (aka Lily's Garden) - never done, always a work in progress

Flowers

Back Yard: 

Paint shed

Rip out rotting wood in garden area - done

Remove overgrown prickly pear cactus

Create veggie gardens

Install privacy fence

Plant flowers, plants

Remove elm tree

Repair back of garage
Create a kid area
Fence off kid area to keep dogs out
Buy furniture for patio - done
Build a deck off of screened porch
Get a dog house - done

Small Side Yard:

Clean up, remove overgrown plants