This weekend I sat down and wrote a To-Do list because, frankly, unless I walk around in my house with my eyes closed — it’s quite overwhelming.
I thought it might be a good thing to write it all down. Either because the enormity of the list might push me to work faster or because crossing things off the list might give me a sense of accomplishment so even though I can see the million other things that still need to happen, I can feel good about what I’ve done.
Have I mentioned how completely overwhelmed I am in this house? I have? Oh, well then, no need to mention it again. Gah!!!
I got through most of the main floor before I couldn’t take it any more!
Madison’s Room
ReTexture Walls (mud, sand, prime, paint)
Create focal wall (surprise)
Install plank ceiling?
Remove carpet
Install wood flooring
Install baseboards
Install door casing
Install recessed lighting
Install new ceiling fan
Install window coverings
Move in furniture
Library
Build bookcases
Build and install box beam ceiling
Install wainscoting
Install recessed lights
Install baseboards
Install doorway trim
Install feature light (maybe)
Install window treatment
Find the perfect chairs or sofa!
Workshop
Build cabinets
Build doors for cabinets
Put sh*$ away
Build miter saw/ lumber storage station
Instal door (trim)
Create “design” wall
Install dust collection system
Living Room
Relocate air intake vent
Build bookshelf for recessed area (above new air intake vent)
Redo fireplace surround
Installing plank ceiling
Finish retexturing walls (mud, sand, prime, paint)
Create in-wall TV cord tube
Build and install wainscoting
Install feature light
Install feature wall above fireplace
Install massive moulding trim around entry door
Kitchen
Remove all cabinets
Remove wall
Tear out floor tile
Relocate gas line
relocate electrical wiring
add water line for pot filler
Build oven cabinet
Install cooktop
Install double ovens
Relocate water line
Build Island
Install sinks
Install dishwasher
Build any new cabinets I will need
Paint all cabinets
Build island countertop
Retexture wall
Paint
Create box beam ceiling
Relocate and add new recessed lights
Install pendants (that I have yet to pick out)
Install under-cabinet lighting
Install wood flooring
Possibly close in walkway to Master Bedroom
Enlarge Pantry
Move all the ADT wiring…
So much I can’t even anticipate what else
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Entry
Remove crown moulding
Wall off dining room doorway
Install barel ceiling
Install feature light
Build and instal wainscoting
Create gallery
Build “peg board/coat rack thingamajig”
Install new baseboard
Dining Room
Open doorway in wall where current intake vent is
Remove “wainscoting”
Build and install wall treatment of some kind
Retexture walls that are left un “treated”
Paint
Create or buy feature light
Install feature light
Install window treatment
Maybe build banquette seating on three walls around dining table
? Haven’t thought about this room a whole lot yet
Second Entry
Install door where window is
Close of door to dining room
Build cubby
Install charlboard and whatnot
Install schoolhouse light
Craft Room (or seating room, music room or office)
Frame wall to close off room
Install French doors
Drywall
Retexture
Paint
Build cabinetry
Build (or buy) feature light or just install new ceiling fan
Install recessed lights
Install window treatments
Mud Room
Frame
Drywall
Mud
Paint
Build “Lockers”
Install lights and new wiring for switch
Laundry Room
Trim out pocket door
Ceiling treatment
Frame out soffit above W/D
Build cabinets
Install cabinets above W/D
Plumb wall mounted faucet lines
Install new sink
Install faucet
Build countertop
Tile backsplash
Install new light
Beadboard walls
Paint
Build Barn Door
Install barn door
? Figure out what I want on the other side of the room ?
Hallway
Frame Storage Closet
Build out wall so the whole wall is flush instead of one part jutting out
Build Barn Door for basement
Build Barn Door for closet
Install barn doors
Build and install wainscoting
Maybe install fun lighting (if I’m not sick of this house yet)
Build bookcases and storage furniture
Create Amazing gallery
Master Bedroom
Build and Install Wainscoting
Paint
Install new fan
Install window treatments
Install electric fireplace
Build built-in for recess around fireplace
Build Killer headboard
Find furniture to fill way more space than we need in a MB
Master Bathroom
Tear out entire shower
Remove cabinetry
Tear out and move door/wall to water closet
Tear out the flooring
Tear out tile around tub
RePlumb shower for two shower heads
Build new shower bench with proper slope
create new threshold with proper slope
Create built-in cubby for shampoo etc.
do all the necessary waterproofing
tile the shower
install new shower heads
Install new shower door
Create an access panel for tub mechanics
tile tub
Build new cabinets
paint cabs
Install cabs
Build and install countertops
Install new sinks
Install faucets
Install mirrors
Install lights
Tile
Decide on walls
whatever else I can’t even think of because this is so far down the road
Office
Build cabinets
Fix whatever the J&J bathroom makeover messes up by way of doors and walls
Install recessed lights
ReTexture walls
Paint
Install flooring
Jack and Jill Bathroom
Tear out walls
Tear out floors
Frame walls
Do all the electrical
Lights
cabinets
sinks
faucets
countertops
linen closet
Bedroom closet
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Master Closet
Tear out sh*$ that is in there
Build new wardrobe cabinets
Build Shoe cabinets
Create “hidden” jewelry cabinet
Build flocked jewelry drawer
Build sliding mirrored doors
Build glass doors
Install rolling ladder
Plank walls
Paint floor
So… there are enough things here to keep me busy for a while.
I’ll most likely add more to the list faster than I cross things off — but eventually I’ll start chipping away at it.
In times like this, you just have to press on. Take it one day at a time. Put one foot in front of the other … and just keep plugging away!
I’m going to post this list as a new Page on my “Navigation Menu” so you can check in and see how I’m doing! (And because I’ll never see this list again if I stash it somewhere in this house!)