Monday, March 31, 2008

Will It Ever Be Complete?

So this weekend was a well-welcomed few days of relaxing. After finally settling in back from New York and getting on somewhat of a normal sleeping pattern (I'm still going to bed at like 8:30pm and waking up tired) I got to spend some time with my hunny, dogs, and working on the house. We finally got everything set up in our family room with our new furniture and I can finally check that room off of my list of "To-Do's." The days were so nice it was hard not to be outside, so we decided to start fixing up our backyard (again) for the spring and summer months. We re-seeded our grass, bought some fun cacti for our planter, and tidied up our front landscaping which made our front look 10-times better. There is still a lot of stuff we want to do to our backyard, which led me to thinking if our house would ever be "complete." Sometimes I think it's just my nature, but here is a list of everything else I hope to accomplish in our house (probably just in time before we turn around and want to buy another house). Being a list person, this will also help me organize and prioritize my to-do's with the house.

Backyard
  1. Paint the wall the same color as our house
  2. Put up terraces with ivy along our back and side walls for more privacy
  3. Plant a large shade tree in the middle of our grass or put in a fountain
  4. Put a knee-high fence around our grass to help keep the dogs from treading on it
  5. Make a fenced area for our trash cans

Dining Room

  1. New kitchen table (I want a square, counter-top height one)
  2. Small banquet or hutch
  3. New, larger pictures on wall (I think the ones we have are too small)

Kitchen

  1. Repaint to a neutral beige (I know, I just painted but I'm thinking it's too much green)
  2. Back splash

Master Bedroom

  1. Paint a country-blue
  2. New dressers and bed frame
  3. Pictures on walls
  4. Headboard

Family Room (so I thought I was done)

  1. Rug
  2. Make covers for ottomans

Garage

  1. Organize junk
  2. Shelves for laundry area
  3. Work-out area with our elliptical, bike, and upcoming weight bench purchase

Guest Bedroom and Guest Bathroom are actually finished to my liking (for now). It seems like my priorities lie with getting everything nice for people who visit rather than focusing on us, who live there! Looking at my list of things that I want to do, and realizing it will take years of tax returns to do everything I want, I wonder if it will ever be complete??

1 comment:

M said...

Ahhh, to be a homeowner! I don't even want to think about maing a list, it would make my head spin and possibly fall off! I can't wait to come see your new family room!