First up is our yard. This is hopefully a spring break project, assuming the weather cooperates. We need the ground to not be frozen solid.
We're hoping to fence this portion of the yard. Coming out from the east (left in the picture) and making a big square out to the pond (which is behind me when I'm taking this picture) and then around the west (right) side of the house. That way our crazy dog can go out and get some exercise more often. And maybe the neighbor dogs will quit carrying off his stuff. We have plans of how we'll do it, the weather/ground just has to cooperate.
And then there's living room art. Guys, I'm just not feeling it. In general I'm just not in love with the stuff we have on our walls. I feel like it's just blah. This is what we have going on above the couch right now.
I mean it's okay, but it's just not doing it for me. I'm thinking a big canvas of a sandy beach and maybe some other stuff. It's a big honking wall and it needs some attention.
Next on the chopping block is our bedroom. It's a super disaster. We don't have enough storage and our bedroom is pretty tiny. Especially with our king sized bed. In my dream we have two six or eight drawer dressers. One for each of us. I'd also like to get rid of our hulking old 32" TV (which would also mean getting rid of the stupid TV cabinet that the bathroom and closet doors slam into at least once a day) and replacing it with a nice sleek flat screen to hang on the wall. In a dream world I would also ditch those doors for the bathroom and closet, maybe with barn doors. We have three doors in a row on one wall, terrible design plan.
I also have some plans for our hall bathroom. We have towels that just hang in there. They match the bathroom. No one uses them. It's ridiculous.
It's completely my fault. It was my decision when we bought the house. New plan: get rid of the towel bar. Put a couple of hooks on the back of the door for actual use. Put those green towels in the linen closet for actual use, what's the point of having them if they just hang there. Replace the towel bar with some built in shelving. Also, buy a new shower curtain. That one's fine but I'm ready for something different. I don't know what, just different.
And then my last thing on my immediate fix it list is our laundry room. Oh holy cow. My organization is not efficient. The layout is not great, but for the time being cannot be fixed. The washer is on one side of the room, the dryer is on the other. And I just don't have the right storage. The dream is to build (have my dad build) a laundry basket dresser. With slots for four laundry baskets: jeans, towels, brights/darks, and whites/lights. And along with the laundry basket dresser, I'd like a cabinet with a door to stash some of those crazy things that have no home. Two wrought iron (ish) four tier cake stands anyone. And maybe on the very end of that cabinet some built in storage for snow boots. Right now they just get dumped in the laundry room doorway, it's ridiculous.
So, that's the current house wishlist. I think I have my work cut out for me. I was just starting to feel like our house might be done. And now I'm laughing at myself a little. It's never done is it? What are you guys working on these days? Anybody else seriously overcome with a case of winter blahs?
