what are your home-related new year’s resolutions?
We’re taking the rest of this holiday week off, but before we go, how about a couple resolutions for the new year? This one’s not about weight loss or exercise, but your home. I have a few:
- Organize my closets
- Turn my front yard from a mud pit (compliments of the puppy) into a dog- and people-friendly space
- Paint our baseboards
- Put up some drywall to begin re-finishing our recently un-finished basement
Sounds daunting, but heck, I have a whole year, right? Share your resolutions, if you have any, in comments. And Happy New Year! –Mary T.
Landscaping image via King County, Washington
January 1st, 2009 at 9:05 am
Find a reliable handy-person who can help me get some minor and somewhat less minor home repairs and changes completed.
Patching drywall, putting in a new bathroom vanity & sink… that sort of thing.
Getting at least one chair and a coffee table for the family room/office would be nice too. When rooms aren’t furnished they tend to become storage areas and place where everyone drops their clutter. I’m tired of working in a storage room.
January 1st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Paint the rooms in my house, I’m tired of former owner white
Get the missing sheetrock replaced, (before painting)
Have a work party to put in the laminate flooring in the bedrooms
Finish the curtains for the living room
…all these projects we already have the materials for, just need to get it done!
January 1st, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Too many resolutions even if limiting to those home-related, but for sure I vow to clear out and paint/finish my very cute, but very small upstairs den, which has mostly been used as a storage room since we moved into the house 7 years ago. Then there is deciding on the design and gathering the material for the guest bathroom remodel scheduled for 8/09 — all in a hopefully stylish and budget-friendly manner. And if I were really ambitious, I’d interview with possible architects to discuss the feasibility of a (someday) major remodel for my home. Yes, I know I’m over-reaching.
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:41 am
Get my Ikea hanging storage stuff (that I bought right after we moved in September) finally installed.
Start researching our first couch for the apartment
Stencil the walls of our dining room..
Change the decor of our entry hall with each season
not much, huh?
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:44 am
Paint my son’s room in “big boy” colors.
Procure artwork for the dining room, the sunroom, the front hall, above the fireplace and maybe a few other spots. Hang said artwork.
Get new bedroom furniture.
Have a new vanity installed in the upstairs bathroom, and have the dreadful black plaid wallpaper in that bathroom ripped down and replaced with a nice, normal paint job.
Have the guest room unwallpapered and repainted.
Put down area rugs in bedroom and living room.
Find a cabinet or table for the entryway.
Plant more flowers in the yard, and probably get some mulch, too.
And, if my son ever stops using the business end of his fork as a percussion instrument on the dining room table, get new dining room furniture. But definitely not before then.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
-get settled into my new apartment (woo hoo!)
-get rid of roughly half of my belongings. seriously, i just have waaay to much stuff.
-put up some sort of backsplash thingie behind my stovetop
January 5th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
– Paint, paint and more paint. We’ve been in the house 8 years. Would it be easier to just move? : )
– Talk husband into building floor to ceiling bookcase for the living room. I’ll let him leave space for a big flat screen in part of it to make him more agreeable.
- Get some dead trees removed from the yard.
- Plant KnockOut roses around the deck.
– Still trying to figure out a backsplash for behind stove that I can put up with changing the wall.
January 12th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Start weeding
Plant new salad vegies in the garden
Commit to line-drying the laundry instead of tumble drying
January 14th, 2009 at 5:01 am
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