Priority List

I had mentioned in previous posts about creating a priority list prior to moving in.  I made this list based on photos, what we saw during inspections and one of the many times we looked at the house before finally closing on it.  Here is our list-looks like we are going to be pretty busy :)

Living Room

• Pull up carpet and check for hardwood floors
• Refinish hardwood floors

Powder Room 

We are hoping down the road to totally change this space in some way, remove the shower/washer dryer area and add that space to the kitchen so we hope to not spend a lot of cash in this room.  

• Remove Wallpaper
• Paint Walls
• Paint Tile
• Remove carpet and replace with new flooring (we found some vinyl planks that look like wood that we are going to go with for this project)
• Change out vanity/sink 
• Change out bath fixtures (faucet, towel bars, and toilet paper holder)
• Change out light fixture.

Dining Room

• Remove wallpaper
• Texture/Repair walls and ceiling-we have someone working on this as we speak
• Paint Wall
• Paint Ceiling
• Spray paint light fixture-we purchased the paint this past weekend and am just waiting for it to get a bit warmer outside before spray painting it.  According to the forecast it sounds like that might be sooner than later :)  

Family Room

• Remove Wallpaper
• Paint Walls
• Add a desk to create a "command center" area.  

Main Floor Closets

• Add shelves to small broom closet to make pantry
• Add shelves and organization to hall closet to create coat closet
• Remove carpet from the floors

Master/Guest Bathroom

• Remove carpet 
• Add new flooring
• Fill holes in shower where door was removed.  

Kitchen

• Replace door knobs and pulls
• Remove Wallpaper
• Paint Walls
• Fix hardware on doors that are not working properly to keep doors shut
• Remove saloon doors
• Remove doors on the little window above the sink

Upstairs Bath

• Remove carpet from floors and replace with peel and stick vinyl tile planks
• Remove shower door and replace with shower curtain
• Add "S" arm to shower head to increase the height of the shower head
• Remove wallpaper
• Paint Walls
• Remove hardwater stains near drain in bathtub or refinish tub
• Re-grout the tile (there is a lot of loose grout in the bath tub area)

Elsie's Room

• Remove carpet from closets and replace with a new flooring (we didn't end up having to replace it because we discovered hardwood floors underneath the old carpet. 
• Add additional hanger bars and shelving in both of her closets

Our Room 

• Add a closet system to large closet.
• Remove old carpet from the large closet and add flooring. (There is no hardwood floors under this carpet).

Miscellaneous

• Replace thermostat with new programmable one
• Purchase and Install Carbon Monoxide and smoke detectors throughout the house (one in each sleeping area and in hallway and one set in the basement.  

Outdoors

• Rake Leaves-there are tons of them
• Powerwash Front Porch, Back Deck
• Stain and Seal Front Porch, Back Deck
• Tear out steel edging around flower beds (This scares me.  Super dangerous with a little kid running around.  Those corners are sharp!)
• Weed out the beds and figure out what the heck is our there.  It definitely needs to cleaned out!