How I’m Doing On My 2025 Home Goals

Originally of yearly, I make an inventory of residence objectives for that 12 months. Since I’ve began doing that a number of years in the past, I’ve by no means as soon as gotten by means of the entire checklist throughout the 12 months. I all the time put means an excessive amount of on the checklist figuring out that it’s unattainable for me to get by means of the entire thing.

However I like to make use of the checklist as form of a normal information to maintain me considerably centered. It’s extra like a buffet the place I do know I gained’t eat each single factor on the buffet, however what I do eat has to come back from the buffet. That’s the final concept, not less than. There have been a few years the place I’ve detoured fairly a bit from that preliminary checklist, however for essentially the most half, that’s how I view my checklist of residence objectives.

The one factor I do know for positive gained’t occur this 12 months is tearing down the sunroom. Originally of the 12 months, it seemed like this…

Our washer and dryer have been nonetheless in there. And whereas these have now been moved to their new, everlasting residence within the walk-in closet, the new water heater stays. Whereas I do know the place the brand new sizzling water heater will go (within the present visitor toilet that may quickly be changed into a storage room), I’m nonetheless fully undecided on what sort of sizzling water heater I wish to get. So till I make that call and truly get the new water heater moved out of the sunroom, the sunroom has to remain.

I even have a variety of stuff saved on this sunroom that must be moved out, so with lower than three months left within the 12 months, I can say fairly confidently that tearing down the sunroom must wait till subsequent 12 months. That’s disappointing, however not less than I can see a lightweight on the finish of the tunnel on this.

I bought fairly a bit executed on my workshop originally of the 12 months. It began off the 12 months trying like this…

And right this moment, it appears like this…

The 4 gadgets nonetheless on the checklist for the outside are to (1) mark off a planting mattress across the constructing and add mulch, (2) do one thing to make the storage door look attention-grabbing, (3) construct a pergola above the storage door, and (4) add exterior lights. I do know for positive I gained’t get the pergola executed this 12 months, or if I even nonetheless need a pergola above the storage door. However now that the climate is getting cooler outdoors, I might simply take a day and the these different three issues executed in a day, particularly if I need or want a break from engaged on the bed room. I have already got the lights for the outside. They’ve been sitting within the studio for months now. I simply want to search out an hour or so to get them up. After all, they gained’t have electrical energy but, however not less than they’d look fairly!

I had additionally placed on my checklist all the inside tasks for my workshop. Clearly, these must wait till subsequent 12 months as effectively. As quickly as I get the bed room executed, after which do a fast makeover on the studio toilet and get the present visitor toilet changed into a storage closet, the workshop might be my subsequent huge mission.

Clearly, the largest gadgets on my checklist for the 12 months have been the totally different areas of our bed room suite. I tackled my closet first, and it’s the one space thus far that’s 100% completed. I nonetheless can’t consider that it began off trying like this originally of the 12 months…

And aside from the flooring set up, which I employed out, I turned that room into this…

The one factor on my authentic checklist that I ended up not doing was constructing cupboards or cabinets above the washer and dryer. And thus far, it has labored out simply advantageous not having extra storage there.

The lobby has come a good distance from what it was originally of the 12 months. (Sorry, I don’t have a brand new image since I painted the bed room and added trim. I’ll work on getting new photos this weekend.)

My authentic checklist for this space seemed like this, however there have been just a few adjustments to the unique plan:

1. Set up hardwood flooring, Carried out! See it here.
2. Sand the hardwood flooring,
3. Stain and seal hardwood flooring, See it here.
4. End the French doorways to bed room suite,
5. Set up crown molding, Carried out!
6. Paint the partitions, Carried out!
7. Paint or the gold leaf full-length mirror I discovered a mirror to buy as a substitute,
8. Construct an upholstered storage bench I’m going to reupholster a bench I alread have,
9. Create a brand new scuttle gap to the attic This may go within the storage room,
10. Create a brand new scuttle gap to the crawl house This may go within the storage room,
11. Make or purchase paintings I’m going to make use of what I’ve.

After which I want so as to add this stuff to that checklist:

12. Hold the grasscloth wallpaper,
13. Wire sconces to flank the full-length mirror,
14. Set up the brand new ceiling mild,
15. Patch the opening for the outdated ceiling mild.

I believe that’s it for the lobby.

After which there’s the bed room. It has additionally come a good distance for the reason that starting of the 12 months. Once more, I’ll have new photos by the top of this weekend with all the trim completed.

And right here’s what my authentic checklist seemed like for the bed room:

1. Set up hardwood flooring, Carried out! See it here.
2. Sand the hardwood flooring, Carried out!
3. Stain and seal hardwood flooring, Carried out! See it here.
4. Shut up scuttle gap in ceiling It’s staying, however I do must trim it out.
5. Paint ceiling, Carried out!
6. Restore and prime partitions, Carried out!
7. Set up wainscoting, (Virtually completed! Nonetheless engaged on wooden fill, sanding, and caulking.)
8. Set up crown molding, Carried out!
9. Hold grasscloth wallpaper,
10. Set up wall and ceiling trim within the bed room entrance, Carried out! However my plan modified from my authentic plan originally of the 12 months, so there’s no ceiling trim.
11. Make an upholstered headboard,
12. Construct a fairly mattress body to cowl the not-so-pretty body of our adjustable mattress,
13. Construct two bedside tables I purchased bedside tables as a substitute.
14. Sew velvet curtains,
15. Make or discover paintings,
16. Create a studying nook (which can embody reupholstering a chair), I purchased a chair as a substitute, which must be delivered within the subsequent couple of weeks.
17. Decorate to complete.

And the one factor I left off of that authentic checklist was:

18. Refinish the dresser.

UPDATE: I forgot one final class on my 2025 residence objectives checklist! I had some home exterior tasks on that checklist as effectively.

I believe that is the place I bought a little bit overly bold. 😀 My checklist included the next:

1. Redo (and end!) the skirting on the entrance porch,
2. Re-install the shutters that got here down,
3. Re-install the entrance porch tape lights that fell down,
4. Mark off planting beds and add borders and mulch,
5. Add lighting to driveway and sidewalk,
6. Construct the steps to the facet studio door.

Clearly, I’m not going to get any of that huge stuff executed, just like the ending the skirting on the porch, marking off planting beds and including mulch, including lights to the driveway and sidewalk, or constructing the steps to the studio door. These must wait…once more. However I do hope to repair the shutter that fell and repair the tape lights that fell down on the entrance porch. As well as, I additionally hope to get the brand new exterior door within the bed room painted and get not less than a few new crops within the floor in that space by the top of this month.