To Do List....

There are so many things I want to do around our house. I thought I'd make a list of everything that we are planning on doing in the near future. Something easy fixes are going to be done before this MISSISSIPPI SUMMER hits.

Here we go....

1. The shutters and front door...

As you know we decided to paint the shutters black and drum roll please... we decided on turquoise for the front door color. We have narrowed it down to 4 colors. The samples have been on the door for a few days and we think we've picked our color. To be honest Chad is a little nervous. We will probably paint the shutters then decide on the front door color.

Before we narrowed it down. We just went to lowes and picked out all the blues we liked. It was a little overwhelming but we could tell the ones we didn't like right off.

These are the ones we were left with. 

You can see the shutter & front door problems HERE.

2. Strip, stain and paint the kitchen table...

We bought our kitchen table a year ago for $50. I planned to strip it, stain it and paint it right away.... but a year has gone by and it still looks the exact same way. I really want to do this project before it gets too hot since I'll have to be outside the whole time.

I want to strip the top of the table and the seats of the chairs and stain them a rich brown. Then I want to paint the bottom of the table and legs of the chairs. I either want to do a creamy white or a green. I haven't decided yet.

3. New coat of paint...

Our WHOLE house is beige. beige. beige. beige. I'm sick of beige. Other than the color, the walls just look dirty. And I don't mean dirty like I don't clean, I mean dirty like we've bumped furniture into them, Reeves has handprints going up the stairs (I could probably wash them off, but they are just too cute to me. Issues, I know), and just normal day to day wear.  I want to go with a light airy gray. We'll have to do room by room but I can't wait to start.  Hopefully we'll be able to start in the living room, kitchen, hall and stairway soon.

See Reeves's hand prints?

Stupid baby gates have done the most damage to my walls!!!

What is all that???

4. Stairs and trim...

Before we bought the house, it was repainted. Which we thought was awesome. But now that we have been in the house for 2 years it shows they didn't take their time and do the job correctly. They repainted the trim & rail on the stairs but they didn't sand it first so all that paint has started chipping off. It looks horrible!

5. Dining room...

I want to paint the dining room. I can't decide on the color. I think thats a reoccurring thing around here. The only problem is the walls are textured so I couldn't do any kind of straight line...bummer.

6. Grout...

All the grout in our house looks horrible. I have a plan. It's a surprise. It's coming soon!

7. Backyard...

We luckily have a HUGE backyard! It's awesome. But it's mostly bare! We need to bring our backyard to life! I want to do a pergola with a big deck. I also want to plant a small garden. I'm talking big plans!!!

Ignore the weeds. It's been to wet to cut the grass. Chad is doing it this weekend... I PROMISE!

 

8. The guest room...

Hopefully one day our guest room will be a nursery.... so I've never been too concerned with decorating it. Well, I'm officially tired of the mixed-matched furniture. It's time for a makeover!!! Again, I have plans!!! 

9. Playroom...

Reeves's playroom/mom's craft room needs major help!!!! It's not working anymore. We have BIG dreams for that room and the attic thats attached to it. Stay tuned!!

10. Master...

Our master bedroom and bath needs a complete makeover!!! Worse than any other room in our house. It's the less decorated room in our house. It looks like collage kids live in there! I'm hoping to change that very soon!!!

I had pictures inserted here... but they were just too embarrassing!

11. Dishwasher...

Our stove (that came with the house) is black and the fridge (which we brought) is stainless steel. I think they work fine together. BUT THE DISHWASHER IS WHITE! And it's terrible!! It's very old! We need a new one in a horrible way!

12. The boring hall...

It's long and boring but it sees a lot of traffic. You can access the garage, half bath, laundry room and master! I made a photo wall outside of the laundry... which I love but I'm kind of over the colors I painted the frames. I think if they were all the same color (white) it would look better. I'm also thinking of adding some detail to the bottom of the walls. Something like THIS.

This picture is very blurry... sorry crappy iPhone picture! :)

13. New glass on the front door...

Our front door is big and beautiful, but like the rest of our house has gold accents!! I want to take the existing glass out and put new glass in. I'm thinking just solid glass. 

14. Gold! Gold! Gold!

Every doorknob, knob, pull, light fixture, fan, EVERYTHING is gold! We have slowly started spray painting the knobs a satin nickel with I LOVE!!! But, we have a lot more to do! The fixtures in our house are very high end and could be very beautiful, if you can get over the gold. I really don't want to replace them. I'm planning on spray painting it all!!!! bahahaha (insert evil laugh)

15. Ceiling stains...

Reeves's bathroom is right above the living room. When we moved in there was a small stain on the ceiling. We really didn't think that much of it because the inspector said it was fine. Well, a few months later the stain got bigger. We eventually figured out there was a HOLE in the tub which was leaking. The previous owners just cheaply patched it and the patch had come off. We had it professionally fixed. Problem solved. 

THEN, the toilet overflowed. GROSS. We had 4 overnight guests and well, things happen. 

Now the stain is HUGE and needs to be painted.

That's it. That is our my to do list for the next few months (and couple of years for some things). Stay tuned to see the progress! I'm hoping to start a few tutorials on somethings very soon!!!