2026 Master List of Home Goals

The Grasp Bed room

The primary order of enterprise this yr will likely be to complete our bed room. I made lots of headway on this room final yr, so I’ll decide up proper the place I left off on the finish of final yr. If issues go as deliberate, I imagine I can get this room completed reasonably rapidly after which transfer on to the following venture. Earlier than I can test this room off of my checklist, I nonetheless must:

• Grasp the upholstered headboard (I made it throughout my break, but it surely’s simply sitting on the ground proper now)
• End the upholstered mattress base (I acquired most of it completed throughout my break, but it surely nonetheless wants some particulars completed),
• End the second lamp makeover,
• End stitching the curtains (I made progress on these throughout my break, however nonetheless have a method to go),
• Make a canopy for the attic entry,
• Construct a TV body,
• Have the brand new paintings matted and framed, and
• Paint the little facet desk by the recliner.

Bed room Exterior

Final yr, we had a window eliminated and a door put in within the bed room. It seems nice from the within, but it surely’s nonetheless unfinished on the surface. The entire goal of the door was to offer us a fast exit in case of emergency in order that I may get Matt out of the room simply, however till I construct steps and have ramp entry, it received’t serve that goal very effectively. So I must…

• Paint the door and the trim,
• Construct steps and determine the ramp scenario, and
• Add some landscaping

The Bed room Suite Lobby

This space is so near being completed. It’s principally simply little tasks that stay. I nonetheless must:

• Sand and paint the ceiling the place the ceiling gentle was,
• Change the broken wallpaper,
• Add small trim across the closet doorway the place the wallpaper ends,
• Paint the doorways (all of them want yet one more coat of paint),
• Transfer the router and patch the little gap within the ceiling,
• Add privateness movie to the French door glass, and
• Set up the entire door handles/pulls.

The Bed room Suite Storage Room

The room that has been our important visitor lavatory since we moved into this home goes to be transformed right into a storage room. I do know this sounds loopy to most individuals, however this room is inside our master suite suite. And it’s simply bizarre to have a visitor lavatory inside a master suite suite. But in addition, we’d like a storage space for Matt’s tools — wheelchair, bathe wheelchair, Hoyer raise, and so forth. And this simply occurs to be the perfect-sized room inside our bed room suite to serve that goal. We additionally must get the new water heater out of the sunroom, and that is additionally the right spot for that. So to show this room from a rest room right into a storage room, I must…

• Tear out nearly every thing,
• Restore or exchange the drywall,
• Have the new water heater put in in right here,
• Add or exchange flooring (there’s no tile below the tub),
• Organize and manage the room for storage.

The Studio Lavatory (i.e., The New Visitor Lavatory)

This room is a large number for a number of causes. First, the pump for the bathroom and the sink stopped working effectively over a yr in the past, so this lavatory hasn’t been used since then. But in addition, at one level, I had a plan to show this lavatory right into a walk-through pantry. So at that time, all plans to complete this lavatory or make repairs had been suspended as a result of I didn’t wish to put extra money into it solely to show round and tear it out.

However now, plans have modified. The lavatory isn’t solely staying, however will probably be our one and solely visitor lavatory for now. I’m hoping that this will likely be momentary and that we’ll ultimately be capable to construct an addition onto our home that features a model new (and extra centrally positioned) full visitor lavatory. However till that point, this would be the solely visitor lavatory in our home. And even when that occurs, our plan is to maintain this lavatory in my studio. So to get this lavatory guest-ready, I must…

• Have the pump repaired or changed,
• Wallpaper the partitions, and
• Change some trim (together with across the mirror)

My Workshop

Final yr presently, I targeted lots of my power on the outside of my workshop. I acquired many of the huge tasks completed to show the unique grey, boring field of a constructing into what seems like a cute little cottage sitting in our again yard. These tasks had been enjoyable, however apart from the entrance steps and the concrete ramp, they didn’t actually enhance the operate of the workshop. So this constructing has served as storage for the final yr. This yr, it’s time to show my consideration to the within and switch this constructing right into a purposeful workshop the place I can use my woodworking instruments. To do this, I must…

• Have electrical energy run to the workshop,
• Add plenty of lighting and shops,
• Shut up the partitions (in all probability with OSB, not drywall),
• Constructed plenty of storage and work tables for my instruments, and
• Set up a storage door opener.

And on the outside, I nonetheless must…

• Add a planting mattress across the constructing,
• Add exterior lights by the entrance door and the storage door.

The Sunroom

I hate this room a lot, and imagine me, I’d love nothing greater than to tear it down ASAP. However the truth of the matter is that we’d like an area for our exercise tools. So till we’re prepared to start out constructing our addition, the room wants to remain, and we have to use it as a short lived dwelling fitness center. I’ve no plans to spend some huge cash on this space because it received’t be staying long run, however I must make it usable for the quick time period. I must…

• Filter out all of the stuff (promote, give away, and transfer issues to my workshop),
• Take away the carpet,
• Paint the partitions and ceiling,
• Change the damaged wall unit A/C,
• Get our exercise tools arrange.

In order that’s the place I’m headed this yr. In fact, I’d love so as to add different issues, like a full kitchen transform, however I’m attempting to be reasonable so far as time and price range go. I believe if I could make it via these tasks, will probably be a profitable yr, after which I can presumably begin off subsequent yr with the kitchen transform I’ve been dreaming about.