House in General (Inside)
- Refinish all windows (including glazing)
- Paint
- Refinish door frames that need it
- Find a way to remove paint overspray from baseboards and framings, then retouch. If that doesn't work out, then refinish all
- Refinish floors
- Replace ceiling fans with newer models. Currently they are all probably 70's-90's models.
- Remove drop ceiling
- Install new light fixture and wiring
- Repair plaster on ceiling
- Remove paneling
- Repair plaster if needed
- Finish removing carpet
- Put the pass throughs back in
- Have new top pieces made for all window and door frames
- Find (or have made) replacement door and transom for door to kitchen
Living Room
- Replace wall where woodstove used to be
Bedroom
- Repair plaster where needed
Front Bedroom (Guest/Game Room)
- Replace light fixture
Kitchen
- Refinish cabinets
- Find period appropriate hardware to match original cabinets
- Tear out sink base unit
- Have a custom base unit made that matches original cabinets
- Build or find an island
- Tear out little cabinet by door
- Relocate freetanding cabinet by refridgerator, put shelving in its place
- Tear out linoleum and subfloor like stuff under it
- Remove all wallpaper
Bathroom
- Replace formica walls with drywall
- Replace stand up shower with tub
- Refinish linen closet
- Replace floor under shower (shower leaks so I 'm sure this will be needed)
- Have large mirror on wall framed and possibly relocated to another room. The mirror is about 5'x4'...I might be a little off, but not much. Its huge.
- Insulate. There is currently NO insulation
Laundry Room/ Rear Entry
- Replace walls. (They are plywood pieces, with big cracks between each piece)
- Level floor
- Paint the cabinets so they match
- Insulate...again, no insualtion right now
- Find a way to place the cabinets so there is more room.
- Replace trap door with something as sturdy, but not as heavy
Basement/Foundation
- Fix floor
- Put hole in floor for sump pump. (sitting on the floor its still leaving about an inch of water)
- Repair foundation
Outside
- Paint smokehouse
- Figure out how to bring the corner back together so there is not a huge gaping hole
- Level backyard
- New gravel in driveway
- Fill in the holes clementine has dug out
- Install another T post for a clothes line (there's already 1 there)
- Remove a large branch from a tree so it doesn't put a hole in the roof
- Repair the back side of the barn
House (Outside)
- Remove shingle siding
- Restore original wood siding
- Repair/replace window trim
- New screen doors (hopefully wood)
- New transom screens (No more birds between the doors!)
- Paint
- Replace wooden front porch steps
1 comment:
Good list! That will keep you busy for a while. I always find it helps to write things down.
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