Friday, January 20, 2012

The List

Week two of the William Morris Project and it is time for a plan.  Time to put all those things to be done on one list  - The List.  I have partial written lists all over the place (that is me, all over the place) and lots of items I would like to complete, but never dared to put on paper or just don't have the money for.  Jules wrote out her list by room and I have to admit that I had a bit of a "Ah Ha" moment when I read it.  A list by room, how totally elementary and yet it never entered my mind to do so.  I did a walk through of our house and property and here is what I came up with.  Feel free to skip to the picture of the roses my mom brought me from her garden last week (as in January).

Entry
  • Find the perfect round mirror and hang by door
  • Hang exit sign
  • Organize and purge closet
Powder Room
  • Sew ribbon on towels  (couldn't resist)
  • Replace trash bin (I dream of this)
Living/ Dining Room 
  • Purge books
  • Replace IKEA Bookshelves with custom built-ins
  • Purge CDs and DVDs
  • Finally decide on window treatments, buy and install them (yup, three years of living here and not a single window treatment is up)
  • Install that missing piece of floor moulding
  • Buy a new TV cabinet
  • Minimize all those cables
  • Move outlet by couch
  • Paint that stool
  • Artwork (I need something big by the couch)
  • Replace IKEA unit with a proper buffet
  • Replace crap knock-off Eames DSW with real ones (maybe one at a time)
  • New floor (yes we have only lived here 3 years, but ours drives me crazy)
Kitchen
  • Purge and organize front bottom drawer
  • Hang knifes
  • Hang utensil rod
  • Re-organize flatware drawer
  • Get rid of bread box and find a different place for bread
  • Buy kitchen clock (dreaming of this)
  • Re-organize lazy susan cabinets
  • Move outlet by coffee machine
  • Repair or replace built-in waste receptacle
  • Clean under, behind and top of refrigerator
Upstairs Hallway 
  • Re-hang picture wall
Sam's Room
  • Purge & organize toys
  • Purge books
  • Purge & organize IKEA cabinet
  • Purge & organize closet
  • Decide on window treatments, buy and install
  • Remove the circle appliques 
  • Hang map
Bedroom
  • New mattress
  • Decide on window treatments, buy and install
  • New chairs for balcony
  • Paint silent waiter
  • Figure out what to do with my Grandmother's mirror
  • Clean, buff etc. Eames (?) ottoman
  • Purge handbags
  • Replace bedside cabinets with ??
  • Replace bedside lighting with wall mounted fixtures
Master Bath
  • Finally buy lighting fixture for above mirror
  • Wallpaper  side & back wall
Office
  • Purge cabinet
  • Hang pictures
  • Decide on window treatments, buy and install
Extra Room
  • Sell or give away bookshelves
2nd Bath 
  • Have tiling finished (it is actually "done", but I decided to add some more. I think)
  • Have bathroom fixtures hung
  • Buy wall mounted cabinet (something like this)
  • Decide on lighting fixtures, hang
  • Buy shower rod & curtain, hang
Basement
  • Desk back to my Aunt
  • Sell or give away bookshelf
  • Purge shelves
  • Rod/Shelf system for diving equipment 
  • Wood to garage
  • Re-paint floor
Pantry
  • Cabinet for refrigerator
  • Purge & organize shelves
  • Re-paint floor 
Garden 
  • Plant white rose (maybe Claire Austin)
  • Plant hydrangeas along garage
  • Plan/build water feature
  • Re-design herb/kitchen garden
  • Expand plant bed by magnolia
  • Add plant bed by pergola
  • Hang wrack system for garden tools in shed
  • Paint garage back door
  • Paint garden shed doors
  • Install threshold to front entry of garden shed 
  • Buy/Install Deck Parasol
No particular room
  • Finish Sam's baby album (I am such a loser)
  • Remove all of those finger prints off of the walls
  • Replace thermometers (if I win the Lotto it will be these) 
Next week one of these items will have a line through it and I hope to find an exciting way to write about it.  At the moment I am thinking of tackling the entry closet.  Exciting stuff for sure.


“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
- William Morris

8 comments:

  1. I love your list and the quote.....wow You have motivated me.....maybe the two cupboards in Cory's room!! Can't wait for your first update!

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  2. I love your list, especially the garden items. I need to up my game in that respect. I really can't wait for spring this year!

    I loved all your links, too. (Yes, I read your whole list.) There is one link that isn't working (2nd bath, wall mounted cabinet) that you know have me eager to see. You have great taste.

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  3. @ Heidi - You should do that and join the link up. A lot of inspiration and motivation there.

    @ Jules - Thanks for the heads up on the link. It wasn't so much that it wasn't working. More like I forgot to add it. :) Thanks again for hosting this!

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  4. Your list for Sam's room is nearly identical to the one for my son, right down through the Ikea storage. Except that his appliques are staying up! And I also have a lot of window treatments to tackle this year.

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  5. Great list. I love "Remove all of those finger prints off of the walls". Too funny! I'm also officially in love with your Pinterest boards and followed you as soon as I saw a board dedicated solely to chairs!

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  6. @ Kelly - I think lots of boy's rooms have the same problems. :)

    @ Liz - Thanks for the visit and the follow on Pinterest. I am a little obsessed with chairs, too bad that all the ones I love are so $$$$$$$$$.

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  7. That white rose, it is so lovely - wonder if it would grow here...must find out. Great List (capitalized for emphasis on its greatness). Good luck with the closet too!

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  8. @ Jennifer - I need all of the luck I can get with the closet. Hopefully I will get through it and have a post ready by Thursday.

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