How I’m Doing On My 2025 Home Goals

Initially of yearly, I make an inventory of house 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 the entire record through the 12 months. I at all times put approach an excessive amount of on the record understanding that it’s unimaginable for me to get by the entire thing.

However I like to make use of the record as sort 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 overall concept, a minimum of. There have been a few years the place I’ve detoured fairly a bit from that preliminary record, however for essentially the most half, that’s how I view my record of house objectives.

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

Our washer and dryer had been nonetheless in there. And whereas these have now been moved to their new, everlasting house 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 number 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 should wait till subsequent 12 months. That’s disappointing, however a minimum of I can see a light-weight on the finish of the tunnel on this.

I obtained fairly a bit completed on my workshop initially of the 12 months. It began off the 12 months trying like this…

And in the present day, it seems like this…

The 4 gadgets nonetheless on the record 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 positive I gained’t get the pergola completed 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 may simply take a day and the these different three issues completed in a day, particularly if I would like 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. In fact, they gained’t have electrical energy but, however a minimum of they’d look fairly!

I had additionally placed on my record the entire inside initiatives for my workshop. Clearly, these should wait till subsequent 12 months as nicely. As quickly as I get the bed room completed, after which do a fast makeover on the studio lavatory and get the present visitor lavatory become a storage closet, the workshop might be my subsequent large venture.

Clearly, the most important gadgets on my record for the 12 months had been the completely different areas of our bed room suite. I tackled my closet first, and it’s the one space to date that’s 100% completed. I nonetheless can’t imagine that it began off trying like this initially 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 record that I ended up not doing was constructing cupboards or cabinets above the washer and dryer. And to date, it has labored out simply high-quality not having further storage there.

The lobby has come a good distance from what it was initially 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 record for this space seemed like this, however there have been a number of modifications to the unique plan:

1. Set up hardwood flooring, Finished! 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, Finished!
6. Paint the partitions, Finished!
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 can go within the storage room,
10. Create a brand new scuttle gap to the crawl area This can 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 these things to that record:

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 outdated ceiling gentle.

I feel that’s it for the lobby.

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

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

1. Set up hardwood flooring, Finished! See it here.
2. Sand the hardwood flooring, Finished!
3. Stain and seal hardwood flooring, Finished! See it here.
4. Shut up scuttle gap in ceiling It’s staying, however I do have to trim it out.
5. Paint ceiling, Finished!
6. Restore and prime partitions, Finished!
7. Set up wainscoting, (Nearly completed! Nonetheless engaged on wooden fill, sanding, and caulking.)
8. Set up crown molding, Finished!
9. Hold grasscloth wallpaper,
10. Set up wall and ceiling trim within the bed room entrance, Finished! However my plan modified from my unique plan initially of the 12 months, so there’s no ceiling trim.
11. Make an upholstered headboard,
12. Construct a reasonably 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 unique record was:

18. Refinish the dresser.

UPDATE: I forgot one final class on my 2025 house objectives record! I had some home exterior initiatives on that record as nicely.

I feel that is the place I obtained a bit overly bold. 😀 My record 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 aspect studio door.

Clearly, I’m not going to get any of that large stuff completed, 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 should 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 top of this month.