To Do List

Inside the house

• Kids bedroom
  • Last coat of sealer on the floor
  • Add door handles
  • Install roller blinds
  • Clean tools out of cupboard
  • Add power socket and switch covers
  • Add foam strip around window for insulation
  • Move furniture and child #1 in
  • Purchase a rug
  • Create some artwork
  • Add window furnishings to soften blinds
  • Have safety film installed on lower panes of full height window
  • Paint opening window
• Office nook (see here)
  • Sand undercoat (it was a bit roughly done)
  • Paint, and paint again
  • Fill holes in floor
  • Sand floor
  • Seal floor
  • Install shelves
  • Make desktop
  • Install desktop
  • Hang noticeboard
  • Add files, books, craft bits etc
  • Buy second drawer unit (preferably used industrial style to contrast with this one)
  • Buy a couple of funky chairs with castors
• Kitchen/Dining
  • Remove masking tape from doors
  • Paint doors and windows
  • Add safety film to french doors
  • Touch up wall paint
  • Make new table top for dining table
  • Paint dining table base
  • Create gallery wall by dining table
  • Add other personal touches of art in the kitchen
  • Add curtains at french doors
  • Add handle to sliding pantry door
• Lounge
  • Build new or fix mantelpiece
  • Build new or cover hearth
  • Try to remove tile pattern from fireplace bricks (see here)
  • Source wallpaper to patch up new piece of wall
  • Repaint walls
  • Paint door
  • Add bookshelves
  • Add sheer curtains to soften roller blinds
• Master Bedroom
  • Rebuild, touch up or demolish (and replace with freestanding) wardrobe
  • Remove sliding door and replace with hinged door
  • Paint walls
  • Add curtains
  • Replace minimal style, home-made furniture (bed, side tables, shelves/drawers) with something else
  • Add personality by way of art and soft furnishings
• Spare bedroom
  • Paint walls
  • Paint windows
  • Paint doors
  • Line and reorganise shelving in wardrobe
  • Furnish! Decorate!
• Hallway
  • Paint front door (bright colour?)
  • Add seat/bench with some sort of shoe storage/coat rack
  • Add artwork
  • Maybe a rug?
• Laundry/Linen cupboard
  • Finish silicone around tiles
  • Paint doors
  • Install system for sorting washing that needs extra attention
  • Add personal touches of art
  • Fill holes in cabinet door
  • Add towel rail inside door
  • Add magnetic door catches
• Bathroom
  • Cosmetic redo at minimal cost

Outside the house

• Front yard
• Finish concrete wall on side garden
• Remove plants outside master bedroom
• Build raised concrete garden bed outside master bedroom (change of plans! Patio instead…)
• Build patio
• Paint all garden beds
• Plant all garden beds
• Remove two remaining trees by fence (change of plans… now remove cherry tree)
• Build full height fence and gate
• Remove concrete turning bay
• Re-sow lawn
• Plant climbing vine and lavender along fence
• Paint exterior

Personal crafts and creative projects

• Wedding album (see here)
• Travel album (see here)
• Granny square cushion (see here and here)
• Cross stitch for the kitchen
• Baby #1 album (not a priority as may make it a 5 year album… still have 2 years!)
• Baby #2 album (not a priority as may make it a 5 year album… still have 4 years!)
• Family Yearbook 2010
• Family Yearbook 2011
• Family Yearbook 2012