Sunday, August 15, 2010

Things needing done around the house

Each one of these is a project--and a story--unto itself, and will engender a list, or lists, of its own.

  • Repair pavilion

  • Sort, organize,purge bedroom and closet

  • Build my bed

  • Build outdoor cat run

  • Build and install catwalks, hidey-holes

  • Tear down roof over back deck

  • Demolish existing deck

  • Build new deck cover, screened in

  • New deck..patio...?

  • Landscape front yard

  • Landscape back yard

  • Repair drain in hall bath

  • Replace tub, surround in hall bath

  • Floor in hall bath

  • Repair or replace dryer....or put up permanent clotheslines?

  • Replace garage door

  • Build kitty loo

  • Finish sewing/craft/studio/office...room...space

  • R's bedroom...paint, floors, etc.

  • Kitchen...OMG.

  • New curtains in bedroom

  • Rework wall'o'books in living room

  • Finish purple desk

  • Finish washstand

  • Finish "buffet" chest for kitchen

  • China cabinet project

  • Dining room table and chairs

  • What to do with family antique chairs?

  • Table for deck/patio

  • Coffee table madness

  • Slipcover for couch and Loveseat

  • Paint and attach plant platform to top of dog crate

  • Crabitat project

  • Tame the jungle in the kitchen

  • Finish building R's chair (I've only had the wood--already cut into the proper pieces--for 11 years...ELEVEN)

  • Put a coat of wax on Big Dot's bookcase

  • New colors for bedroom?

  • Scrape that GOD-AWFUL popcorn texture off the ceilings. Can you believe my Auntie J LIKES that shit? I'm thinking of sending it all to her in a box when I'm done.  When  they remodeled the house they're in now, she asked for that crap, on purpose, and had sparkles added....  >.<  This is a woman with exquisite taste in everything...except, apparently, ceilings.

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