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I’ve talked about repeatedly currently (as a result of I’m simply so enthusiastic about it) that I’m lastly beginning on the final inside room of our home (my studio), and when this room is finished, I’ll have formally completed the entire inside rooms of our house. And each time I point out that, I get a number of questions from individuals asking me what I’m going to do with my weblog once I’m completed with the studio. It appears as if a number of very long time readers are pondering that after the studio is completed, I’ll be closing down the weblog.
Effectively, that received’t occur. Let me guarantee you that whereas I’m nearly formally completed with the inside of our home, there’ll nonetheless be a lot to do after that.
Let me offer you a fast rundown of the place issues stand as of at the moment, and the place issues will probably be heading.
The Studio and Studio Toilet
This room is an enormous challenge, and consists of not solely the primary room, but in addition the studio rest room. I would like to get this executed by mid-August of this 12 months (our 10-year anniversary of buying this home), however I’m not inserting bets on me really assembly that aim. That’s lower than 4 months away, and there’s a ton of labor to be executed in these rooms.
The Hallway Toilet
Simply because the within of the home will probably be formally completed after I end the studio, that doesn’t imply that I received’t return and make some modifications to some rooms. I not too long ago had an individual ask me in a remark, “Don’t you ever get uninterested in redoing initiatives that you just’ve already executed?” My response was, “Maybe you missed the title of my weblog.” 😀 No. I’ll by no means get uninterested in redoing, tweaking, attempting out completely different concepts.
So with that stated, I’ve beforehand talked about a number of modifications I wish to make within the hallway rest room.
These embrace (1) new counter tops, (2) new accent tile, (3) new sconces, (4) new bathe curtain, (5) new plumbing fixtures, and (6) new vainness colour.
The Visitor Bed room
There are nonetheless a number of modifications I wish to make to this bed room, most of which I’m fairly certain I’ve already talked about in earlier weblog posts.
The principle challenge in right here would be the partitions. From that view above, I really like how the room seems. However I don’t ever see the room simply from that view. I see the room from this view…
And after dwelling with the room as it’s for over two years, and really utilizing it as our momentary bed room, the partitions simply really feel unfinished to me. So I’m going to proceed the hand-drawn flower design round on the higher a part of the opposite two partitions, after which add white wainscoting to the underside of all three partitions.
Along with the partitions, I additionally have to construct a body for the mattress. The unique fairly wooden body that I exploit in right here ended up not understanding after we switched our common mattress for an adjustable mattress on the suggestion of Matt’s bodily therapist. So for 2 years now, the mattress has additionally seemed unfinished, and just about seems prefer it’s floating. You possibly can type of see what I imply within the image beneath…
And at last, I’m simply unsure if I’m a yellow particular person. I attempted it out in right here as a result of I simply occurred to have the yellow velvet readily available and determined to make use of that for the home windows. And whereas I feel the yellow seems good with the blue, I’m simply a lot extra of a pink/coral particular person. In order that is likely to be getting a change, however I haven’t determined for certain but.
The Kitchen
The kitchen was the primary room that I transformed after we purchased the home, so it’s been some time!
That doesn’t imply that I’m able to fully transform it once more. However I’ve some issues I wish to do in right here. For instance, how lengthy now have I stated I wish to do away with the dishwasher? A very long time! I nonetheless plan to do this, however that challenge has but to maneuver as much as the highest of the precedence record. It is going to finally, although.
I additionally wish to do away with the concrete counter tops and change these with quartz. I don’t know when that can occur, however I’m so executed with concrete counter tops. They served their goal after we couldn’t afford a better high quality strong floor counter tops, however after nearly ten years of coping with stains on concrete, I’m executed. I lengthy for the day that I can do away with them.
The Addition
I do know we’ve talked about this for thus lengthy now that it looks like it’ll by no means occur, however it’ll. Each time Matt and I begin to suppose it’s time, one thing occurs (just like the financial system crumbling, or banks collapsing) that makes us very uncertain about doing one thing so massive proper now. However it will occur. And as soon as it does occur, I’ll have a household room, bed room, and laundry room to complete.
The Home Exterior
I’ve centered fairly a bit currently on our entrance porch, and there are nonetheless initiatives to be executed to complete that up. I want to complete up the portray, reinstall the tape lights, and end the stone skirting.
However there are such a lot of extra exterior initiatives to be executed! After I was cleansing out the sunroom a number of months in the past, I got here throughout some corbels that I purchased years in the past to make window flower bins for the home windows on the entrance of our home. That also must be executed!
I additionally nonetheless plan to construct a pergola above the breakfast room home windows (that are nearly fully obscured by this plant that retains rising again).
After which I nonetheless have to construct steps and end up this space by the facet studio door. That is an previous image, taken manner again after we had that concrete pad poured, however that’s nonetheless all that’s there. There are nonetheless stacked cider blocks serving as steps to this door, and I have to construct steps to match the fashion of the entrance steps.
After which there’s the carport. This factor remains to be not completed. It’s helpful simply as it’s, nevertheless it must be completed. That is an previous image, so fortunately, the shutters are not there. 😀 They have been put in on the home way back. However the remaining nonetheless seems just about the identical. It must be painted, and it nonetheless wants a completed ceiling and lighting.
The Yard Initiatives & Landscaping
Even as soon as all of that’s executed, I nonetheless have an acre of land that wants landscaping!! Don’t neglect this stunning landscaping plan that Matt purchased me for my birthday final 12 months.
I truthfully really feel like I may work on that for the remainder of my life and by no means get it completed, and by no means run out of issues to do. There’s no manner I may get tired of that landscaping aim.
Then There’s The Small Initiatives
As if all of these issues weren’t sufficient, I’ve been saving concepts for art work and small initiatives that I wish to do and share and train individuals the best way to make for actually years. Whereas I misplaced an entire lot of them when my exterior onerous drive broke, I nonetheless have so many concepts saved somewhere else (Pinterest, Instagram, my laptop computer) that I’ve been accumulating for years and simply ready for a time once I can spend extra time on these small, enjoyable initiatives. I may in all probability spend a complete decade or two simply doing small enjoyable constructing initiatives, artwork initiatives, stitching initiatives, and so on., and nonetheless not get to the tip of my inventive concepts.
All of that to say that even when the inside of our home (because it stands at the moment) is formally completed, and the studio is finished, there isn’t any scarcity of inventive concepts that I’ve, and issues that I wish to do, construct, and create, that I can share with you. However sure, as soon as I’ve executed all of that, then it’ll be time to close down the weblog. 😉
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