How I’m Doing On My 2025 Home Goals

Firstly of yearly, I make a listing of residence targets 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 way of the entire listing through the 12 months. I at all times put approach an excessive amount of on the listing realizing that it’s unimaginable for me to get by way of the entire thing.

However I like to make use of the listing as sort of a basic information to maintain me considerably centered. It’s extra like a buffet the place I do know I received’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, a minimum of. There have been a few years the place I’ve detoured fairly a bit from that preliminary listing, however for probably the most half, that’s how I view my listing of residence targets.

The one factor I do know for certain received’t occur this 12 months is tearing down the sunroom. Firstly 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 scorching water heater will go (within the present visitor lavatory that can quickly be become a storage room), I’m nonetheless utterly undecided on what sort of scorching 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 a minimum of I can see a lightweight on the finish of the tunnel on this.

I bought fairly a bit finished on my workshop at first of the 12 months. It began off the 12 months wanting like this…

And right now, it seems to be like this…

The 4 objects nonetheless on the listing 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 fascinating, (3) construct a pergola above the storage door, and (4) add exterior lights. I do know for certain I received’t get the pergola finished 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 finished 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 received’t have electrical energy but, however a minimum of they’d look fairly!

I had additionally placed on my listing 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 finished, after which do a fast makeover on the studio lavatory and get the present visitor lavatory become a storage closet, the workshop will probably be my subsequent large challenge.

Clearly, the most important objects on my listing 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 wanting like this at first 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 unique listing that I ended up not doing was constructing cupboards or cabinets above the washer and dryer. And thus far, it has labored out simply wonderful not having further storage there.

The lobby has come a great distance from what it was at first 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 footage this weekend.)

My unique listing for this space seemed like this, however there have been a couple of adjustments to the unique plan:

Set up hardwood flooring, Performed! See it right here.

Sand the hardwood flooring,

Stain and seal hardwood flooring, See it right here.

End the French doorways to bed room suite,

Set up crown molding, Performed!

Paint the partitions, Performed!

Paint or the gold leaf full-length mirror I discovered a mirror to buy as an alternative,

Construct an upholstered storage bench I’m going to reupholster a bench I alread have,

Create a brand new scuttle gap to the attic This may go within the storage room,

Create a brand new scuttle gap to the crawl house This may go within the storage room,

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 listing:

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

I feel that’s it for the lobby.

After which there’s the bed room. It has additionally come a great distance because the starting of the 12 months. Once more, I’ll have new footage by the tip of this weekend with all the trim completed.

And right here’s what my unique listing seemed like for the bed room:

Set up hardwood flooring, Performed! See it right here.

Sand the hardwood flooring, Performed!

Stain and seal hardwood flooring, Performed! See it right here.

Shut up scuttle gap in ceiling It’s staying, however I do have to trim it out.

Paint ceiling, Performed!

Restore and prime partitions, Performed!

Set up wainscoting, (Nearly completed! Nonetheless engaged on wooden fill, sanding, and caulking.)

Set up crown molding, Performed!

Hold grasscloth wallpaper,

Set up wall and ceiling trim within the bed room entrance, Performed! However my plan modified from my unique plan at first of the 12 months, so there’s no ceiling trim.

Make an upholstered headboard,

Construct a reasonably mattress body to cowl the not-so-pretty body of our adjustable mattress,

Construct two bedside tables I purchased bedside tables as an alternative.

Sew velvet curtains,

Make or discover paintings,

Create a studying nook (which can embrace reupholstering a chair), I purchased a chair as an alternative, which needs to be delivered within the subsequent couple of weeks.

Decorate to complete.

And the one factor I left off of that unique listing was:

18. Refinish the dresser.

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

I feel that is the place I bought just a little overly formidable. 😀 My listing included the next:

Redo (and end!) the skirting on the entrance porch,

Re-install the shutters that got here down,

Re-install the entrance porch tape lights that fell down,

Mark off planting beds and add borders and mulch,

Add lighting to driveway and sidewalk,

Construct the steps to the facet studio door.

Clearly, I’m not going to get any of that large stuff finished, 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 a minimum of a few new vegetation within the floor in that space by the tip of this month.