I’ve talked about repeatedly recently (as a result of I’m simply so enthusiastic about it) that I’m lastly beginning on the final inside room of our home (my studio), and when this room is finished, I’ll have formally completed all the inside rooms of our residence. And each time I point out that, I get a variety of questions from individuals asking me what I’m going to do with my weblog once I’m completed with the studio. It appears as if a variety of very long time readers are pondering that after the studio is completed, I’ll be closing down the weblog.
Effectively, that gained’t occur. Let me guarantee you that whereas I’m nearly formally completed with the inside of our home, there’ll nonetheless be a lot to do after that.
Let me provide you with a fast rundown of the place issues stand as of as we speak, and the place issues will likely be heading.
The Studio and Studio Toilet
This room is an enormous mission, and contains not solely the principle room, but in addition the studio rest room. I would like to get this finished by mid-August of this 12 months (our 10-year anniversary of buying this home), however I’m not putting bets on me really assembly that aim. That’s lower than 4 months away, and there’s a ton of labor to be finished in these rooms.
The Hallway Toilet
Simply because the within of the home will likely be formally completed after I end the studio, that doesn’t imply that I gained’t return and make some adjustments to some rooms. I just lately had an individual ask me in a remark, “Don’t you ever get uninterested in redoing tasks that you just’ve already finished?” My response was, “Maybe you missed the identify of my weblog.” 😀 No. I’ll by no means get uninterested in redoing, tweaking, attempting out totally different concepts.
So with that mentioned, I’ve beforehand talked about a number of adjustments I need to make within the hallway rest room.
These embrace (1) new counter tops, (2) new accent tile, (3) new sconces, (4) new bathe curtain, (5) new plumbing fixtures, and (6) new vainness coloration.
The Visitor Bed room
There are nonetheless a number of adjustments I need to make to this bed room, most of which I’m fairly positive I’ve already talked about in earlier weblog posts.
The primary mission in right here would be the partitions. From that view above, I like how the room appears. However I don’t ever see the room simply from that view. I see the room from this view…
And after dwelling with the room as it’s for over two years, and really utilizing it as our non permanent bed room, the partitions simply really feel unfinished to me. So I’m going to proceed the hand-drawn flower design round on the higher a part of the opposite two partitions, after which add white wainscoting to the underside of all three partitions.
Along with the partitions, I additionally have to construct a body for the mattress. The unique fairly wooden body that I take advantage of in right here ended up not understanding after we switched our common mattress for an adjustable mattress on the suggestion of Matt’s bodily therapist. So for 2 years now, the mattress has additionally appeared unfinished, and just about appears prefer it’s floating. You may type of see what I imply within the image beneath…
And at last, I’m simply undecided if I’m a yellow particular person. I attempted it out in right here as a result of I simply occurred to have the yellow velvet available and determined to make use of that for the home windows. And whereas I believe the yellow appears good with the blue, I’m simply a lot extra of a pink/coral particular person. In order that could be getting a change, however I haven’t determined for positive but.
The Kitchen
The kitchen was the primary room that I transformed after we purchased the home, so it’s been some time!
That doesn’t imply that I’m able to utterly rework it once more. However I’ve some issues I need to do in right here. For instance, how lengthy now have I mentioned I need to eliminate the dishwasher? A very long time! I nonetheless plan to try this, however that mission has but to maneuver as much as the highest of the precedence record. It’s going to ultimately, although.
I additionally need to eliminate the concrete counter tops and substitute these with quartz. I don’t know when that may occur, however I’m so finished with concrete counter tops. They served their objective after we couldn’t afford the next high quality strong floor counter tops, however after nearly ten years of coping with stains on concrete, I’m finished. I lengthy for the day that I can eliminate them.
The Addition
I do know we’ve talked about this for therefore lengthy now that it looks as if it should by no means occur, however it should. Each time Matt and I begin to suppose it’s time, one thing occurs (just like the economic system crumbling, or banks collapsing) that makes us very uncertain about doing one thing so massive proper now. But it surely will occur. And as soon as it does occur, I’ll have a household room, bed room, and laundry room to complete.
The Home Exterior
I’ve targeted fairly a bit recently on our entrance porch, and there are nonetheless tasks to be finished to complete that up. I want to complete up the portray, reinstall the tape lights, and end the stone skirting.
However there are such a lot of extra exterior tasks to be finished! After I was cleansing out the sunroom a couple of months in the past, I got here throughout some corbels that I purchased years in the past to make window flower bins for the home windows on the entrance of our home. That also must be finished!
I additionally nonetheless plan to construct a pergola above the breakfast room home windows (that are nearly utterly obscured by this plant that retains rising again).
After which I nonetheless have to construct steps and end up this space by the facet studio door. That is an previous image, taken means again after we had that concrete pad poured, however that’s nonetheless all that’s there. There are nonetheless stacked cider blocks serving as steps to this door, and I have to construct steps to match the type of the entrance steps.
After which there’s the carport. This factor continues to be not completed. It’s helpful simply as it’s, however it must be completed. That is an previous image, so fortunately, the shutters are now not there. 😀 They had been put in on the home way back. However the remainder nonetheless appears just about the identical. It must be painted, and it nonetheless wants a completed ceiling and lighting.
The Yard Tasks & Landscaping
Even as soon as all of that’s finished, I nonetheless have an acre of land that wants landscaping!! Don’t overlook this stunning landscaping plan that Matt purchased me for my birthday final 12 months.
I truthfully really feel like I may work on that for the remainder of my life and by no means get it completed, and by no means run out of issues to do. There’s no means I may get tired of that landscaping aim.
Then There’s The Small Tasks
As if all of these issues weren’t sufficient, I’ve been saving concepts for art work and small tasks that I need to do and share and educate individuals find out how to make for actually years. Whereas I misplaced an entire lot of them when my exterior laborious drive broke, I nonetheless have so many concepts saved in different places (Pinterest, Instagram, my laptop computer) that I’ve been amassing for years and simply ready for a time once I can spend extra time on these small, enjoyable tasks. I may most likely spend a complete decade or two simply doing small enjoyable constructing tasks, artwork tasks, stitching tasks, and so on., and nonetheless not get to the top of my inventive concepts.
All of that to say that even when the inside of our home (because it stands as we speak) is formally completed, and the studio is finished, there isn’t a scarcity of inventive concepts that I’ve, and issues that I need to do, construct, and create, that I can share with you. However sure, as soon as I’ve finished all of that, then it’ll be time to close down the weblog. 😉
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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