Area of your house with new attention

DH made a futon (designed, and built from raw lumber all by himself) for our office and we moved stuff around, cleaned some stuff out, and organized stuff so we now have a hard working office/guest room. It's awesome! Just have to keep it picked up and we have a room ready for guests. Our first ones are coming this weekend to test it out for us.

Yes, redid our back screened in porch with new furniture and rugs. New gardens in the front and back and a tree down over the driveway.

We had our kitchen, family room and back hallway painted, after my husband replaced all the trim with the farmhouse style wide style.

We put in new flooring in the front entry, dining, kitchen, and hallway of our cabin shortly before the pandemic began. When we knew we were going to SAH there, we got supplies to paint and put in a new rug under the table. I also made a point to go through some things to either throw out or donate. It looks a lot better.

Kitchen. I painted the cabinets and we got a new counter installed. We’ve also put a new rug in the dining room and other small new decorations.

wow - that’s a ton of work!!

Always wanted a tiki bar and got a quaran-tiki make-over to our existing little outdoor kitchen area. This project is not totally done...painting a mural of sunset over the ocean on rattan blind and also hanging a fishing net from roof portion to attach my collection of fishing floats I've beach combed. I also have 7 bamboo barstools DH got from Craigslist that need to be re-finished and re-lashed. 

Yesterday we spent about four hours cleaning one window in our garage.  We have lived here 28 years and nothing has ever been cleaned in there.  It is a disaster, pig sty, hurricane--you get it.

So the window was full of crud, dead bugs, cobwebs.  Took off the 2" faux wood blinds.  Took them outside and cleaned them with Dawn then hosed them down.  They came out really good!  I thought we would need to pay $70 for the really cheapie new blinds but these are fine-and really clean.

Took literally five steps of cleaning to clean the windows and trim.  Had to keep going over and over it again. So cleaned it inside and out, cleaned the screens and the blinds are back up.  But it took the whole afternoon!

Now maybe we can tackle the other 99.9999% of the garage.  

We had our bathroom totally gutted and redone. It's now my mini spa. It's so pretty.

We also ordered new deck furniture which will be arriving soon. I’m going to plant some large pots for the deck as well.

I started in the yard by planting a few containers of veggies and herbs and running drip lines to them. Replaced a few scraggly plants and had a eucalyptus tree taken down. I was sad about the tree, but there were many issues including roots growing under the foundation that were causing damage. Rerouted a stone path through the yard. I patched and painted some areas of damaged stucco. Bought a new outdoor rug, hung an outdoor clock and added patio decor. I still have a couple outdoor projects, but those are on the back burner for now.

I’ve been purging, organizing, and cleaning the garage in small daily increments. The heat is brutal so small doses make the work tolerable.

I purchased vinyl laminate planks on Monday and will have the downstairs level and upstairs bathrooms redone. An installer is coming tomorrow to give me an estimate. I’m a bit hesitant about taking on such a big expense during these uncertain times, but I convinced myself it is okay since a family cruise in April and all summer trips were cancelled. I’m so excited about my new “Beach Cottage Oak” floors! They’re replacing a white tile floor with black accents that reminds me of an old-fashioned diner.

I’m enjoying reading about all the other projects being done and getting further inspiration from them!

We put in a garden to grow fruit and veggies. It was meant to be our spring break project for this year, but school closed three weeks before break. We built 6 raised beds and are now enjoying our own lettuce, peas, squash and zucchini, peppers, strawberries and blueberries.

I'm also about to paint my kitchen...what else?? I've gotten new bedding and I have also ordered some shades and shutters. We moved in just before Christmas, so some of these projects would have happened anyway, but they likely happened faster since I've been at home more and have had more time on my hands to research and make choices.

That sounds wonderful!  You will have to post pictures!  The kids wanted to fix up a messy section of our yard with bricks and a little fountain pond. 

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