We jumped right into making our new house a home by checking off some little projects that needed to be done:
- removed carpet downstairs to reduce my allergies to dogs and dust mites
- installed a tie-out for the dogs until fencing can be completed
- hung bird feeders to begin to understand who lives here
- planted tulip bulbs, Lil's first part of her flower garden
- installed a mailbox and post because the old ones were knocked over before we moved in
- put together a cart to hold the mailbox and post and tools
- assembled Twitter-found bed frame and stainless kitchen work table
- re-installed smoke detectors (there were none!)
There are many more little and big projects to come:
- Find the box with my socks - seriously, I've been washing and wearing the same three pairs for over a week
- Fence a dog yard
- Replace leaky kitchen faucet and maybe the sink while we're at it
- Replace incandescent lightbulbs all over the place
- Paint and furnish Lil's room per her specifications, a bribe we gave her to get through the moving stress
- Replace dated hardware and fixtures
- Finish removing carpet tack trips and staples, oh goodness hundreds of staples
- Plant cuttings I took from plants at the old house
- Plant orchard so trees can get established before the spring
- Locate and begin a compost bin
- Make kitchen more workable with shelving, maybe new cooktop?
- Tons of tree work
- Which will inevitably lead to installing a wood stove
Tomorrow I'll post something non-house related and a recipe post is coming soon.
What little (and big) projects are happening in your world?
