Living Room:
Completed:
- Tear up old floors & baseboards
- Lay new "wood tile" floors -- 2/3 there! Only grouting is left... and it's on the to-do for 2014!
- Remove the badly installed crown molding
- Remove the crummy old MAROON full-wall curtains
- Tear down weird mirror framing
- Tear down sheet-rock in front of the fireplace
- Paint it gray
- Get a fancy rug
- Drop new cables so the TV antenna & internet router are in the attic
- Get some kind of overlay for the mirror to make it less in-your-face
- Hang some art
- Replace double single light switches with a single double one
- Do something with the mantel?
- Get a new wide and low TV stand to replace the cheap-o stand bought from Target four years ago -- I ended up getting a Besta combination sort of like this from IKEA, but white with brown doors
- Spray insulation in all of the crevices uncovered by the crown molding removal
2014 To-Do:
- GROUT!
- Paint the beige beam dark brown so it will look more like wood again
- Add new white baseboards
- Add new properly installed crown molding
- Replace the curtains with something white and maybe semi-sheer
- Add a beadboard or paneled ceiling
- Add decorative molding around mirror
- Get a new loveseat or chairs or chaise for more seating (if I can ever decide what I want)
- Replace gross old light switches with new clean ones
Etc.:
- Replace the brass fireplace cover
- Paint corner shelves white -- Angela did sand it, so it's ready for painting, but then I covered it with things and it would take lots of effort to remove those things, and, well, I'm too lazy for this right now
- Clean up fireplace stone (cover it?)
- Add more plants!! -- This will probably never really end until we have a whole forest in here, pretty much just like this
Kitchen/Dining: (Updated list from here)
Completed:
- Remove the badly installed crown molding
- Paint it blue
- Install an outlet in the microwave cabinet where there was previously just a microwave hard-wired to the wall??
- Replace the hole in the wall with a microwave
- Hang some plants
2014 To-Do:
- Replace the crown molding in the dining room
- Replace the brass 90s light with a more modern chandelier -- Something is in the works for this! We got a light from a friend who didn't want it and I'm going to paint it and see if I can get some prettier bulbs than the generic chandelier ones for it to see what I can do with it
- Find hanging pot storage? I'm still hoping this can happen somewhere
Etc.:
- Replace the kitchen-to-garage door with one that is fire-safe (and pretty)
- Replace the old over-the-sink window with a greenhouse window; I didn't even know this was a thing until I saw one in Nick's parents' house and I love it!
- Paint lower cabinets gray & upper cabinets white
- Install a built-in storage bench in the bay window
- Add matching blinds to the dining window? This is still undecided
Hallways:
Completed:
- Remove the old baseboards & 1970s white tile
- Paint a base coat of satin white
- Paint the side of the built-in cabinet with magnet paint for magnetic poetry
- Paint the built-in cabinet white
- Replace the old non-programmable thermostat with a Nest
- Hang some paintings, photos, or art
- Remove the dusty old doorbell cover
- Lay new "wood tile" floors
- Paint a birch tree stencil throughout the narrower halls -- one wall down, three to go!
2014 To-Do:
- Replace old crummy plastic handles on the built-in cabinet with pretty glass knobs
- Sand and paint the built-in cabinet doors white
- Finish the tree stencil
- Add new baseboards
- Add crown molding
Etc.:
- Paint the hall-facing sides of all doors black pretty much just like this
Completed:
2014 To-Do:
- Replace the doorknob with a keypad lock
- Add wall planters & plants
Etc.:
- Replace the glass bricks with something from this century
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