Project Homedesign

We're finally starting to get some projects done at home. I think I need to set a goal of one project per month, so I can finally check things off my list - like the hanging rod and shelf that needs to get put up in my laundry room.

Today a storm door is arriving for our front door. The builder for our neighborhood didn't put in storm doors on any houses - you had to do it yourself. So we'll finally be able to open the front door and get a nice breeze in. Plus there's a tax break for adding a storm door. SWEET.

Also getting accomplished is the painting that needs to be done. Someone is coming on Monday to estimate the cost of painting our first floor, ceilings included, so we can get it going. We've chosen colors - Behr's Biloxi for the living room, Mountain Haze for the kitchen, and Polar Drift for the bathroom.

I've ordered new bedding for our guest room. Our dog tore the ubiquitous Ikea duvet cover that was in our guest room, and it was an excuse to finally get more put-together bedding for that room. It should arrive tomorrow and I can't wait.

Once all these things are done, I can finally start hanging art work and doing the rest of the decorating that I've held off on. If, you know, I'm ever ambitious enough to start on it.

Some shopping candy for today: Kohl's has released its new line of Elle Decor accessories. Check it out here!

Let's all complain about the heat until we start complaining about the cold.

My plan had been to go to a local flea market this past weekend, but in the end I just couldn't bring myself to go to a place that sells puppy mill dogs. I realize that it's not the fault of individuals selling other wares that dogs are sold there, but until the flea market bans the sell of all animals I just can't go.

Instead, I went to the outlet mall. I did quite a bit of kitchen goods shopping, and it felt good to replace some cookie sheets that were becoming unrecognizable.

Switching purses tends to be a pain, especially when I'm already late and running out the door. I've gotten into a purse rut - using the same purse everyday because it's easier than switching. I think the key to getting out of this rut might be getting one of those purse organizers or simply getting a smaller wallet, as my wallet is rather bulky and it causes me to take quite a bit of time to arrange my stuff into a small purse. I should do something soon as my purse is wearing out.

I had a fantasy football draft last night with one of my leagues. Is everyone on the face of the earth injured? Why is my whole team listed as probable? I guess I didn't do enough research this year, because I had no idea Eli Manning has stitches on his head - which might have been good to know before picking him up.

I've been planning on doing a little makeover in my laundry room. What I would like to do is put in a floating counter top on top of the washer and dryer, add a little curtain to hide the utility hookups, paint the walls, and install a bar and shelf for hanging clothes. But what I would like to do rarely happens. What I think I'm going to get around to doing is installing the bar and shelf. I have the brackets and the bar, a stud finder (best.product.name.ever), and a level, so there's nothing stopping me from doing this project. The bar will need to be cut down to size, and I will have to buy a shelf, but otherwise I can get this started at any time. I need to make this my goal for the week. I'll take some "before" pictures so that I can track my progress, and share once I finally get it done.