Or one door to be exact. Love this from Homestead Interior Doors- it would be perfect for the front of the house, except our opening is a strangely narrow (32″), so it may be a custom job…
All I need to do now is try to convince M it’s worth the extra $$$!
Maybe I’m easily distracted. Maybe I just have a short attention span. Maybe I’m not the “motivated” individual my high school guidance counselor thought I was. But where in the world did the summer go?
I had plans- big plans!- to work on the house all summer long. But now I’m smack up against the end of summer, with only one or two measly little project completed (mainly outside planting). What happened?
So, as of today, I hearby resolve to take inspiration from all those tikes having to do homework again, and get back into house-mode.
Among the projects M & I get to tackle this fall:
Finishing the bathroom- specifically the shower, shower walls and trim. Everything else is at about 100%.
Replacing the front and back doors- and if push comes to shove, at least the back door. It’s just a horrendous eyesore (pictures to be posted later)
Removing the nasty ceiling fan in the kitchen that knocks into cabinet doors when they are open (seriously)- and replacing it with the beautiful new light that is currently sitting our basement. Not sure why I haven’t gotten to this one yet- other than the wiring in our house was a nightmare, and we went without lights in the dining room for a week before I could figure out what went wrong…
Changing out the light in the guest bedroom.
And eventually this late fall/winter (ok, maybe even next spring)
A kitchen remodel! Yay!
You know that summer is drawing to a close when you place your order for next spring’s bulbs…or at least I do.
Ads for school clothes? Big yellow buses everywhere? Needing a sweatshirt when you go out at night? Pah. Ordering your fall bulbs, that’s where it’s at.
And, it’s even better when you have a coupon (Thanks Mom!)- I guess us Midwesterners are just frugal that way.
So I ended up ordering some daffodils and grape hyacinth (see pics below) for our front walk. I’m hoping that little early burst of color will help get me through the ugly late winter Wisconsin slump next year. After that, it should be an easy downhill slide into summer!
As a sister blog to A Cotterpin Life, I’ve set up this blog to discuss the never-ending, always amusing, financially-challenging renovation of our 78 year old bungalow. Check back here for updates, pictures, and all around crazy stories associated with the largest project M and I have taken on to date!
