New House(!!!) Ideas and To Do Lists

I'm so excited about the new house.  There's a ton I want to do and below is a few ideas and to do lists for myself.


Outside

• Paint the tin roof from Smurf blue to black
• Paint the house a deep brick red
• Reroute and fix the eaves trough mess
• Build a fence.  Thinking dark ebony stain
• Rip the deck and sunroom off
• New poured concrete patio 
• Fix low spot with new concrete
• Build a double car garage. Two doors. Black trim. Deep red siding
• Pergola! Fairly large. Ebony stain. 
• Hanging chair 
• Curtains on pergola (sides and roof)
• Hot tub
• Deal with landscaping

General house 

• Install Nest thermostat  Done Apr 19,14  I'm in love
• Install Nest smoke detectors 
• Fix bathroom exhaust to roof

Living room

• Build sofa table
• Thick curtains and sheer.  Maybe tubing as curtain rod?
• Refinish floors a dark dark stain. Possibly ebony
• Beef up doorway moulding  
• Repaint all moulding white
• Re do ceiling at some point. Possible built out moulding

Kitchen

• Gas range
• French door fridge possibly with ice maker for sure
• Tin ceiling?
• Crown moulding
• New cupboards with tons of organization and drawers only
• Two drawer dishwasher
• New flooring - what I don't know..lino? hardwood? laminate that looks like tile?
• Deal with popcorn ceiling!
• New pendant light over sink
• Undermount double sink
• Reduce cupboards and height, try to work in an island ?? make better use of space for table

Storm's Room

• Replace sliding door with new French doors
• Let her paint one wall chalkboard
• Board and batten walls
• Lush curtains on both window and doors
• Eventually fix closet situation
• Refinish floors to a dark dark stain
• Add organization for her crafts etc.

Master Bedroom

• Refinish floors to a dark dark stain
• Install epic closet system
• Redo ceiling in cool tray design
• Repaint it a nice grey color possibly
• Crown moulding
• Heavy lush curtains

Hallway Upstairs

• Refinish hardwood floors
• Possibly change both storage closets into bookcase fronts
• Deal with popcorn ceiling (?)

Staircase

• Epic board and batten 
• Built in handrail
• Fake a corner post
• Re do risers some how

Downstairs

Hallway

• Rip out Frankenstein ceiling and eventually have it drywalled
• Paint all moulding

Hunter's Room

• Rip out ceiling
• Install new low profile tray ceiling
• Sound proof insulation in roof
• Paint
• New curtains
• Build a new epic headboard 
• Side table or install on wall beside bed a light and stand(?)
• Paint all moulding
• New epic closet system

Blade's room

• Rip out ceiling 
• Install new low profile tray ceiling
• Sound proof insulation in roof
• Paint
• Deal with that mess of a closet and shelving in there
• Paint walls
• Paint all moulding
• Curtains

Bathroom

In the short term:

• Paint 
• Clean

Long term:

• Renovate to add shower stealing space from either Blade's room or laundry/playroom

Existing Laundry Room

• New washer and dryer
• Hard pipe new dryer out into room (rather than in a very odd and weird little nook)
• Paint floor for boys
• Drain cover
• Rip down old shelves
• Remove all junk
• Transform into game room for kids 
• Eventually deal with the weird nook (!!)

Furnace Room

• Consult plumber about moving washer and dryer back into this room
• Build a protective cover over the water shut off pipe
• Tidy up and clean out junk!!
• Install shelves in cold room for storage
• Insulate furnace duct going into upstairs entry way 
• Remove all of Grandpa's frankenstein ceiling work (!!)

Whew...  that should keep me busy for a few years!!