It’s that point of yr once more once I checklist my objectives for the brand new yr. I didn’t do such an incredible job on final yr’s objectives (don’t fear…I’m not beating myself up over it, and I’m fairly happy with what I did accomplish final yr), so solely time will inform if this yr will likely be any higher so far as objectives go.
Like I stated in yesterday’s publish, I virtually really feel like I may simply copy and paste final yr’s objectives into this publish and be carried out. 😀 However that’s not fairly correct. I did get some issues carried out final yr (you can read the synopsis of my last year here), and due to what I achieved final yr, I’m now all the way down to solely two rooms — the house fitness center and my studio.
Technically, the half lavatory that’s hooked up to the studio is completed, however I do have plans to make some modifications in there, so I made that room inexperienced (in progress) on the ground plan above.
In order that’s fairly thrilling. I’m simply down to 2 rooms. It’s been a really lengthy street to get right here, and I’d love nothing greater than to finish 2023 with all of those rooms fully completed.
Right here’s a extra detailed have a look at what I hope to perform this yr:
The Dwelling Fitness center
This room is an absolute mess proper now. It was used as a storage room and workroom all by way of the grasp lavatory rework. And now it’s time to get it cleaned out and completed. I had hoped to have this room cleaned out by now, however the day I had deliberate to get began on that’s the day that Matt and I each began getting sick, and the day that Matt went to the hospital the primary time. And now right here we’re, three weeks later, and the room nonetheless appears to be like like this.
However that’s okay. I’ll begin right this moment! And I used to be capable of make some progress on this room final yr, so a whole lot of the more durable initiatives are carried out. Firstly of final yr, not one of the home windows or doorways had been trimmed out. Now they’re all trimmed out, however I do nonetheless must sand, caulk, prime and paint the trim.
So right here’s precisely what must be carried out in right here to complete the room:
- Set up the remainder of the hardwood flooring within the closet space
- Set up the remainder of the small trim on the ceiling
- End putting in the baseboards
- End paint contact ups on the partitions
- Set up the ceiling fan
- Set up the 2 recessed lights within the closet space
- Sand, caulk, prime, and paint the entire trim
- Window casings
- Door casings
- Baseboards
- Small trim round ceiling
- Set up the froth sq. fitness center flooring
- Grasp the curtains (sure, I’m hanging curtains in a house fitness center…as a result of I’m me. 😀 )
- Construct the Swedish ladder
- Construct a cupboard and cabinets within the open closet space
- Paint Matt’s train bike (it’s white, and I’d prefer it to be black)
- Add mirrors/posters/art work/no matter else a house fitness center must be a motivational house
And as soon as that room is completed, that simply leaves me with ONE MORE ROOM!
My Studio
Y’all, this must be the yr that I end this house. It’s been means too lengthy already, and for my very own psychological well being, I would like it completed. I’m so able to have a completely purposeful studio house with storage and group and the whole lot as a substitute.
And the way thrilling it will likely be when it’s completed, as a result of that is the final room inside the home!! (Properly, the final room because it stands now, earlier than we add three extra rooms.)
Right here’s what must occur to ensure that this room to be completed:
- Set up, caulk, prime, and paint the remainder of the trim
- Window casings (all put in, however two nonetheless must be caulked, primed, and painted)
- Door casings
- Baseboards
- Construct, prime, and paint cupboards
- Cupboards within the “workplace” space of the room by my desk
- The complete wall of cupboards on the entrance (wallpapered) wall
- Cupboards by the door into the sitting room (i.e., breakfast room)
- Set up lighting within the storage closet
- Construct cabinets for the storage closet
- Make a couple of tweaks to the half lavatory
- Repaint the partitions within the again entry
I could find yourself including issues to that checklist as I am going. I’ve talked about that I could change out the wallpaper. (Don’t get upset! I haven’t made up my thoughts simply but. This one might keep.) And I would change up the wall coloration in the principle studio space as properly.
So far as the half bathtub goes, I’m not fairly certain how intensive the modifications will likely be in there. I do know that the wall design will go, however I’m unsure what it’ll get replaced with. I do know I need to preserve it colourful and enjoyable. So relying on what I do with the partitions, the self-importance coloration might have to alter as properly. However that’s a perhaps, and it’s a type of issues that will likely be determined as I make progress. I don’t must make these selections proper now.
So these are the ultimate two inside areas that I’ll be specializing in this yr, and people will likely be my foremost objectives. If nothing else, I need to finish this yr with these two areas fully completed and usable. I don’t need to preserve having to cover these areas behind closed doorways when company come over.
However I all the time have a couple of extra “second tier” objectives that I take into accout in case I would like a change of tempo to maintain myself , motivated, and transferring ahead. Right here’s what that checklist appears to be like like this yr…
The Visitor Bed room
I completed this room some time again, however there are some tweaks I’d like to make in right here if I can discover time to do them.
I discussed some time again (perhaps it was simply on Fb) that I wasn’t too certain concerning the one characteristic wall. Don’t get me fallacious. I like that wall and the design I did on it. However what I haven’t been thrilled with is that the opposite partitions on this room are so blah.
That’s simply not me. So I polled folks to see what they thought of me extending the wall design to the opposite two partitions. Most individuals thought that will be an excessive amount of. And I do agree {that a} floor-to-ceiling design on all three of these partitions may be an excessive amount of. However I’m additionally not glad with leaving it like it’s.
So what’s my go-to resolution once I need a whole lot of coloration and/or sample on the partitions, however I don’t need it to be too overwhelming? Wainscoting! White wainscoting, to be exact. That’s what I did within the music room and within the grasp lavatory. In order that’s what I’d love to do in right here…plus one different mission…
- Add wainscoting to the underside half of the partitions
- Lengthen the floral design to the opposite two partitions
- Construct a brand new base for the mattress that may accommodate the adjustable mattress
Entrance Porch and Exterior
I’ve some upkeep that must be carried out on our entrance porch, plus I simply must lastly end the entrance porch. So far as the upkeep goes, I don’t assume I can put it off one other yr. If I do, I could threat the climate doing an excessive amount of harm to the wooden and having to interchange issues. I’d moderately not let it get to that time.
So right here’s what I’d love to do…
- End the stone façade on the entrance and aspect of the concrete porch
- Sand and reseal/stain the porch boards
- Repaint the entrance door (similar coloration, but it surely simply wants a refresh)
- Create a sitting space on the entrance porch
- Create flower beds across the porch and plant fairly issues
- Construct steps on the aspect (studio) door
- Rehang one shutter that got here off throughout excessive winds
- Construct flower containers and set up
Kitchen
As of this very second, I don’t have a complete lot deliberate for the kitchen this yr, however I do need to make this the yr that I lastly do away with the dishwasher and convert that house in to usable space for storing. I need to add a type of Rev-a Shelf pop up cabinets that most individuals use for his or her stand mixers, however mine will likely be used for my blender and InstantPot, and perhaps a pair extra issues.
However the kitchen modifications might turn into extra intensive if we’re lastly capable of begin on the addition this yr. Proper now, that’s an enormous if. Nothing has been nailed down but, however I do plan to place these wheels in movement very quickly and see if we will make that occur this yr.
If we will make that occur, the again wall of cupboards will likely be altering. However my plan is not to make a cased opening between the kitchen and the brand new household room. I do assume I’ve landed on an concept that I like, although. And if I implement that concept, the entire again wall of cupboards within the kitchen will likely be altering. I’m not fairly able to share particulars simply but.
All of that to say that proper now, my plans for the kitchen are minimal. However these plans might change relying on what occurs with the addition this yr. For now, I need to…
- Take away the dishwasher
- Convert that space into storage
Carport
As soon as once more, the carport is being added to my checklist of objectives. And this yr, it actually must get carried out for a similar purpose that I really want to do the upkeep on the entrance porch. The siding on the carport has by no means been painted, and technically, you’re solely supposed to permit primed Hardiboard to stay unpainted for simply so lengthy. I’m unsure how lengthy that period of time really is, however I’m certain that I’m well past that point by now.
I do not know why I didn’t have my contractor’s guys end the carport fully when it was constructed. For some purpose, I believed I’d do the entire ending initiatives myself, however right here we’re, 4 years later, and it’s nonetheless not completed. It nonetheless wants lights (and probably a ceiling fan) put in, a ceiling put in, trim put in, and it must be painted. Why on the planet did I feel I needed to do these initiatives myself?
Plus, now it wants roof restore from when the massive department from that massive oak tree (that we had lower down final yr) fell on the roof and punch a gap in it.
So I feel it’s time to drop the delusion that I’m going to do this stuff myself, and rent them out in order that they really get completed. Whoever does the work must…
- Set up the lights (and possibly a ceiling fan)
- Set up the ceiling, and caulk, prime and paint the ceiling
- Set up trim on the columns
- Paint the outside of the doorways
- Paint the siding and trim
I feel that’s it. I’m not delusional sufficient to assume that I can get all of this carried out in 2023, however I do assume I can get the house fitness center and the studio completed this yr. These different objectives are literally objects that I’ll deal with like a buffet. If I discover myself needing a while away from the house fitness center or the studio, I’ll see if I can select an merchandise from the buffet of “second tier” choices simply to maintain myself transferring ahead. And as soon as I’ve had an enough break from the principle objectives, I can get proper again to these till they’re completed.
After which with the addition up within the air proper now, it’ll be very fascinating to see simply how this yr shakes out ultimately. Meet me again right here in 12 months, and we’ll see how I did. 😀
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