To Do List

It's that time again, I think. It's time to list the things that still need to be done to repair the house. I have to do this periodically for two main and seemingly contradictory reasons: To keep us motivated enough to actually finish it all and to keep us from falling into a state of panic about how much is left to do. (Uh.. and remember.. I do possess that quirk about listing things.)

Let's begin outside:

1) Repair the hole in the blueboard and replace missing siding on south side of the house.
2) Replace missing fascia on south, east, and north sides of the house.
3) Repair, caulk, and paint exterior window & door trim -- as well as porch columns.
4) Get a truckload of dirt and spread it around to fill in holes in the yard/flowerbeds.
5) Repair sidewalks where they have collapsed.
6) Install drywall in garage where it was removed.
7) Replace all outdoor electrical receptacles.
8) Replace shelving in garage.
9) Organize unholy mess that is our garage.


And move inside:

PANTRY
1) Sand and finish sheetrock in pantry.
2) Prime & paint pantry walls.
3) Scrub, clean, and reseal pantry floors. (Replaced floors!)
4) Replace missing shelves in pantry.
5) Organize unholy mess that is our pantry.
6) Install baseboards in pantry.
7) Prime & paint all shelves, trim & baseboards

KITCHEN
8) Scrub, clean, and reseal kitchen floors. (Replaced floors!)
9) Prime and paint kitchen foyer area.
10) Remove & haul off warped baseboards in kitchen foyer area.
11) Have all kitchen cabinet doors removed, stripped, and refinished.
12) Remove old refrigerator from kitchen/find someone who needs it
13) Install moulding around all cabinetry to disguise holes drilled to air out.
14) Replace any severely damaged cabinets.
15) Touch up kitchen wall paint
16) Repair moulding at top of cabinets (broken when trying to paint....)
17) Install, caulk, and paint all window trim (5 windows) & door trim (7 doors)
18) Find and install aprons under windows (we could not salvage this trim).
19) Find and install baseboards throughout kitchen
20) Remove and replace kitchen countertops.
21) Repair drywall around electrical receptacles & light switches.
22) Purchase and install outlet and switch plates

KITCHEN CLOSET
21) Remove baseboards in closet
22) Remove old linoleum in closet
23) Prime & paint closet walls
24) Organize the mess that is our kitchen closet
25) Install some type of flooring to replace the linoleum
26) Replace door trim
27) Find and install baseboards

DINING ROOM
26) Add second (and possibly third) coat of paint to walls to finish
27) Repair/replace broken window sill
28) Install, caulk, and paint all window trim (2 windows) & door trim (2 doors)
29) Find & install baseboards
30) Patch & refinish original wood floors
31) Repair drywall around electrical receptacles & light switches
32) Purchase and install outlet and switch plates
33) Replace area rug for dining room
34) Refinish tarnished light fixture/replace bulbs

FOYER
35) Try really hard to not damage existing paint
36) Remove baseboards and discard
37) Find and install taller baseboards to camoflauge damaged paint
38) Refinish back of the front door
39) Install shoe moulding around entrance
40) Replace runner carpet at entrance
41) Scrape, caulk, and paint trim around front door and sidelights

LIVING ROOM
42) Touch up living room wall paint
43) Repair drywall around electrical receptacles & light switches
44) Purchase and install outlet and switch plates
45) Install electrical receptacles & phone jack in existing boxes in the floor.
46) Cut out carpet to accept receptacles -- find and install unbreakable outlet covers
47) Find and install trim to cover drilled holes in entertainment center cabinet.
48) Sand, caulk, and paint entertainment center cabinet
49) Repair/replace entertainment center shelf
50) Replace A/C intake vent
51) Remove & replace carpet on stairway
52) Repair light fixtures
52) Install, caulk, and paint all door trim (4 doors)
53) Install trim and caulk around entertainment center and fireplace
54) Find and install baseboards
55) Sand, caulk, and paint fireplace hearth and mantle
56) Repair gas fireplace box
57) Replace gas fireplace logs
58) Remove and replace tile on fireplace hearth
59) Install transition between wood floor and fireplace hearth tile
60) Have gas line to fireplace cleaned and tested
61) Replace corroded door hardware (exterior doors)
62) Reinstall drapery hardware
63) Steam press drapery & install

HALL
64) Touch up wall paint
65) Repair drywall around electrical receptacles & light switches
66) Purchase and install outlet and switch plates
67) Install, caulk, and paint all door trim (4 doors)
68) Find and install baseboards

YVONNE'S ROOM
69) Baseboards
70) Window (two windows) & door (two doors) trim
71) Remove and replace closet door & frame
72) Touch up wall paint
73) Repair drywall around receptacles & switches
74) Replace outlet and switch plates

GUEST BATH
75) Have vanity doors removed, stripped, and refinished.
78) Repaint vanity cabinet
79) Remove existing warped baseboards
80) Find and install baseboards
81) Remove and replace corroded drains for both sink and bathtub

LAUNDRY
82) Install Saltillo tile
83) Install cabinets
84) Install, caulk, and paint door trim (2 doors)
85) Install baseboards

MASTER BEDROOM
86) Install, caulk and paint window (2 windows) and door (2 doors) trim
87) Touch up paint
88) Repair around receptacles, etc.
89) Replace outlet covers
90) Repair or replace keypad for alarm system

MASTER BATHROOM
91) I'm too tired to even think about the master bathroom right now....

We haven't really worked on the master bathroom just yet. It is being used mostly as a place to store other stuff while we work. It needs everything - paint and caulk and trim and baseboards... Cabinets, drains, a toilet.. The bathtub should be replaced and the tub surround is missing.... There's more but I will actually leave this room off the list until we get more done. We'll just change the name to STORAGE ROOM A for now.

The same goes for upstairs - which we will call STORAGE ROOM B. We are pretending that there is no upstairs at the moment. When we finish the downstairs - we'll start looking up.. literally...