Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the summer DIY season, and what better time than that to review my current project list for the house? This list started about the time we wrote the contract to build the house. We’ve completed a few of the tasks on the first version of the list since moving in, but there’s still lots to do.

• Install Guest Room headboard and curtains
• Create raised dog food bowls for all three chitlins.
• Replace the existing dog beds with more of these.
• Install a fence around the back yard for the dogs.
• Hydroseed a lawn
• Install my Rain Garden, including rain barrels and chains (& get reimbursed!)
• Set up my vegetable garden, including a fence to keep the dogs AND moose out.
• Landscape the front yard
• Add berry bushes along the side of the house
• Add a deck off the Master Bedroom to match the one our builder did off the Family Room.
• Create a pea gravel patio on the back of the house between decks.
• Install the fire pit at the edge of the patio.
• Get the hot tub set up on the pea gravel with pavers.
• Add strings of lights over backyard for summer entertaining season.
• Build pallet sectional for the deck.
• Create an umbrella pot for the deck.
• Coat garage floor with a protective covering.
• Install sliding Studio/Office doors
• Build a full-length computer desk in the office
• Set up craft station (my amazing cabinet had to be shipped to a relative in the lower 48 and will be picked up next month!)
• Switch the direction our Master Bedroom door swings, move light switch to other side.
• Install Guest Room closet system
• Install Spare Room closet system
• Replace Laundry Room sink with cabinet and left over countertop to match kitchen
• Install a fold-out drying rack for delicates in the Laundry Room
• Cover the thermostat with a canvas
• Create a gallery wall display around the TV in the family room.
• Create driftwood framed mirrors for above our Master Bedroom nightstands.
• Add wooden frames around the mirrors in both bathrooms, include center shelving in the Master.
• Add display/storage shelves above the toilet in the Master bathroom.
• Set up Spare Room to be a Den/Guest space with a storage filled daybed.
• Find and refinish another antique sewing cabinet as a Guest Room nightstand.
• Create buoy lamps for Guest Room.
• Refinish my Craigslist dresser and move it to the Spare Room.
• Refinish my hope chest and put it in the Guest Room.
• Add faux timber surround to fireplace mantel.
• Paint shoe molding racks
• Finish choosing and installing window treatments and rugs throughout the house
• Create a collage with the large paned window I’m bringing back from our trip next month.
• Install sink pop-outs in the kitchen to hide the sponges and other little items.
• Design dividers for our utensil drawer from paint sticks and ditch the plastic trays.
• Add toe kick drawers to kitchen cabinets (if possible)
• Establish a chicken coop
• Build a green house
• Install a storage shed for the big boy toys. 😉

WHEW!  That aught to keep me busy for the rest of the year! LOL  Of course I’ll post about each as they happen, so stay tuned to see the progress!