Our House Wish List

Ok, I've caught the bug to work on our house again...bad! I've been reading so many house design DIY blogs and I can't wait to start working on our house. We will have to go in stages for budget reasons but there are so many things that I want to do that are DIY that I think I can really do some stuff for super cheap. So below is my "wish list" and we will see how many we can cross off the list!

1. Guest Bedroom- We haven't done ANYTHING to this room yet but are actually starting it tonight by painting it yellow! I have an idea of what I want to do with this room so it is the first project to tackle. Some of the big projects include painting, refinishing an old dresser we already own and paint it white, and hanging curtains. I will also need to accessorize the room but I hope to do that pretty cheap. We already have the bedding luckily. I will sure to post before and after pictures when finished.

2. Guest Bathroom- We haven't done anything to this room either. All we really need to do is paint, get a new shower curtain and rod and add a few accessories. Should be an easy, quick, and cheap room to fix up.

3. Repaint our Master Bedroom- Colin never liked how we painted it the first week we moved in so we found a color in a Crate and Barrel catalog that we both like and hope that Lowe's can match the color. I have a few other things I want to accessorize our bedroom with but it is pretty much done. This should also be a pretty cheap fix.

4. Hire a painter- We need to have our living room, entry way, wall going upstairs and our upstairs hallway painted. We have vaulted ceilings and so we can't do it ourselves. We want to paint it very neutral. So hopefully we can find some money somewhere to get this done.

5. Entry nook- We have a nook right by our master bedroom and the door from the garage. I really want to get a bench to put there with baskets underneath for shoes and put coat hangers above.

6. Laundry Closet- I want to add some things to make it easier to organize. I also saw a great idea on a blog to paint plywood and put it over the washer and dryer to make it a bigger, even surface. This should be super easy and cheap to do in a night.

7. Headboards- We need headboards for both the guest bedroom and master bedroom. I think I want to do a cheap DIY fabric headboard for upstairs I just have to find fabric. We still can't decide what kind of headboard we want for the master.

8. Handle Hardware- I want to change the hardware on ALL of our cabinets in the whole house. Just waiting for the ones I want on Anthropology to go on sale!

9. 1/2 Bath artwork- We have finished the 1/2 bath except for a piece of artwork on the big bare wall. We have been looking for awhile and have had no luck. This will be easy once I find something I like.

10. Kitchen- This is the biggest room we want to tackle and will probably be the last thing due to budget. My wish is to paint the cabinets white, get new counter tops and a new sink. We also want to find a cool backsplash that will match the new counter tops. To top it off we still need to paint this room too. I REALLY want to update the kitchen but know it is going to cost a lot so it will be on the back burner until we can save enough money.

There you have it, my wish list for my house. Hopefully throughout the next year we can refer back to this blog and cross off some of the things on this list! Be sure to hold us accountable. We tend to get lazy/busy and don't end up doing all the home improvements that we have big dreams for!

Well I am off to get the walls ready to paint in the guest bedroom (at least we are starting on our list right away). Wish us luck!