What's the plan? 2022 House Goals

We moved into our house i year and two months agone. Information technology's our very first home, and it'southward been really fun to have more than space and more flexibility than we had as apartment renters. We have already learned how expensive dwelling buying can be (plumbing debacles come up to mind), but I've also gotten so much joy from giving this dated business firm some new life.

With the start of a brand new year, I am all about setting goals and my firm is no exception. As cute as this house is, in that location's certainly plenty of work to be washed to make it our way (adieu apathetic beige paint and cheap pino doors  + trim). Now that we've lived in this house over a year, I've tackled most of the real eye sores. Big things on my heed for this year are to tackle the out-of-control bushes out front, make our front patio useful, makeover the bath and bedrooms, and paint all of the interior doors something that'south not ugly pine.

And so hither is the master programme for 2016…

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Exterior

We didn't do any real work on the exterior of our firm last year. It was a miracle we even got our grass mowed regularly! As new homeowners, it took a while to adjust to having a yard to care for. We're pretty clueless when it comes to landscaping and outdoor maintenance. I want to tackle several outdoor projects once the weather warms up this yr:

• Remove the really scraggly bushes forth our front sidewalk
• Requite a massive hair cutting trim to the hedge of bushes along the side of our lot (cheers to the 'rents for hedge trimmer Christmas gift!)
• Rip upwards old carpet on front steps and replace carpet or stain depending on concrete status
• Transform the concrete slab forth the front of the house into an crawly patio (I already bought many supplies for this concluding fall and then never got effectually to starting that project)
• Clean out our garage and get rid of junk that the old owner left behind
• Disguise the footling retaining wall that's falling apart in our lawn with mulch and some plants (anything will exist amend than all the weeds I allow overtake that surface area all of last yr)
• Spruce up clothesline – fresh paint and new wires

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ENTRY

This is sort of a joke, because nosotros have the tiniest entry always (through the doorway in this photo). Merely nosotros do have one. Information technology's large enough to step in the front door and close the door behind you while however standing in the entry surface area. At that place is a decent coat closet, though! In that location isn't much to do in this infinite, but I practice have a few plans:

• Add glaze hooks on footling wall behind door
• Organize glaze closet
• Paint doors
• Pigment trim

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LIVING ROOM

The living room got a fresh coat of beautiful, light grey paint last autumn. The room felt so much lighter and cleaner in one case the blah biscuit and pino trim were covered with light grey and white trim. I've focused on decorating this room since it's what you come across right when you come in the front door and where we spend the about fourth dimension. Here's what it looks like right at present:

I'm liking the piece of furniture arrangement and the decorating is feeling great, merely I practice have a few more plans for the room this year:

• Hang a few more fine art pieces to the walls
• Add more seating
• Upgrade lite fixtures

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KITCHEN

I am just loving our kitchen, and it'due south ready for the finishing touches of its makeover (see mood board here). The cabinets were painted a bright white past the previous owners when they put it up for sale, so that saved me a lot of fourth dimension. The room needed some color, and then I painted the walls a moody blue that counterbalanced out the bright white cabinets very nicely:

I as well installed a trivial counter along the window that faces our backyard (where the ladder is in this photo), creating a makeshift breakfast nook. I still haven't shared that project with you, but promise I will get that post up in the next couple weeks! Hither'due south what'due south left to exercise to complete this room:

• Hang curtains
• Find tall open shelf for empty wall next to cupboards
• Add together shelving to pantry cupboard
• Organize cabinets
• Affect up paint (I painted the room last summer and never went back to affect up a few goofs)
• Paint door

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DINING ROOM

The dining room got all my attention immediately after we moved in. This was the only room with forest-paneled walls, and I couldn't bear the pine so I covered it up with a neutral gray pigment and added a bright blue accent wall – here's a skillful before and after:

I have some more plans in mind for the room this year:

• Paint hutch – I'm fashion excited for this project! Comment with your votes for colour because I cannot make up my mind.
• Upgrade light fixture
• Hang gallery wall
• Paint doors
• Organize cedar cupboard in the room
• Detect a solution for reducing the echo in this room…will hanging more on the walls help?

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MASTER BEDROOM

Our bedroom is alright, but information technology could utilize some attention. One time again, I'm dying to paint over the irksome tan/biscuit walls. This room isn't a huge priority, but I would like to tackle the painting and a few other things this year:

• Paint walls + trim
• Hang defunction
• Build a headboard
• Organize closet
• Pigment dresser
• Paint doors

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2ND BEDROOM

This room is currently used every bit our function/lath game storage/dumping ground for random things. It will ultimately get a nursery, so I don't program to spend much time on this room until we have kids. I practise hope to at least organize what's in there and get the walls painted:

• Paint walls + trim
• Pigment doors
• Purge ataxia & organize closet

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BATHROOM

I am looking forrard to decorating our bathroom this yr. It's non very large, and then a little effort will become a long way in here. I pretty much have this makeover planned out already. Hither'south what needs to happen:

• Paint walls + trim
• Paint doors
• Organize closets
• Add shelf in a higher place toilet to replace towel bar and add towel hook closer to sink
• Upgrade mirror
• Supplant window roofing
• Buy new shower drapery

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DOWNSTAIRS REC ROOM

This room doesn't accept a existent purpose correct at present, and nosotros honestly don't spend whatever time downwardly there. The upstairs of our business firm is really plenty of space for just the ii of us. Merely I do beloved that we have a walkout basement, and this room has a door leading correct outside to our backyard where nosotros grill. This room definitely has potential! Information technology already has a thin carpet, and nosotros've accumulated an array of hand-me-down furniture for the room (including my grandma'southward awesome pink and white floral couch). Here's what I'd like to go washed this twelvemonth:

• Add window coverings
• Paint walls
• Buy or sew together a slip cover for floral couch (no offense, Grandma!)
• Upgrade and improve lighting (in that location's hardly any light down in that location)
• Add together more electrical outlets – nosotros're hoping to save upward the $$ to exercise this!

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LAUNDRY/UTILITY ROOM

This room is huge, but actually dysfunctional. It has poor lighting, and it'southward just a concrete flooring with our laundry in the back corner, a toilet in another corner, and the furnace along one wall. In just one year of living here, information technology's already get the place where random boxes get to dice collect dust. While I'd someday like to end the bathroom, add walls, and add some proficient lighting, I probably won't practice anything in here except some organizing this twelvemonth:

• Create shelving/storage surface area
• Brand laundry corner look like less ghetto

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Craft STUDIO

This room is complete thanks to concluding fall'due south One Room Challenge, where I completely overhauled this room and fabricated information technology my happy crafting place. Here's the before and later on to give yous an idea:

This room is complete (for now) so I won't be doing any more decorating in this room right now. Information technology has gotten pretty messy since I took these pretty pictures, so I take one task for this year:

• Organize!

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I know that life happens and there's no way I'll realistically get everything on my list done this year, but I'm going to become my barrel in gear and endeavor to tackle equally much as I mayhap can. It's so prissy to have a master plan to work off of! With so many domicile projects in my future, you tin can bet there volition exist plenty of tutorials and room reveals in store for the web log this yr.

Stay tuned for a report bill of fare cheque-in at the end of the year when nosotros'll get to evaluate all of my awesome accomplishments and express mirth at all the things I've made zero progress on. Tin can't await!

What decorating ideas do you lot have for me? What house plans are you aiming to complete this twelvemonth?

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