Future Projects

Our project list is seemingly endless.

Living Room/Foyer/Hallway

• Sell unwanted items (old game systems, etc.).
• Clean the storage trunk.
• Make burlap signs.
• Cover pillows with fabric.
• Sort through and organize DVD's.
• Sort through and organize CD's.
• Scent the cinnamon broom.
• Repaint and decorate old shutters.
• Build a large clock.
• Create wreaths for each season.
• Create a family tree wall.
• Buy a throw afghan.
• Buy antique milk bottles to use for vases.
• Buy a thrift store mirror to place beside the front door.
• Build a shelf in lieu of a faux fireplace.
• Make a monogram for the mantel.
• Create mantels for each season.
• Buy more milk glass, particularly a hobnail milk glass pitcher.
• Use an old window to create a picture collage.
• Buy an iPod and dock.
• Refinish buffet/sideboard/media center.
• Make or a buy a coat rack, umbrella holder, and key holder.
• Buy a PS3 or PS4.
• Buy a leather sectional.
• Buy a leather power recliner.
• Buy a rocking chair or wingback chair.

Dining Room

• Create table runners and/or placemats.
• Find a basket to hold cloth napkins.
• Create a family silverware project.
• Create a GIVE THANKS sign.
• Create an EAT sign.
• Refinish barstools.
• Sell current dining set.
• Pick up family dining set from in-laws.
• Build a buffet or cabinet to hold china.

Kitchen

• Continue working on pickle jar canisters.
• Grow wheatgrass in pail for window.
• Plant something (possibly faux ivy>) in grandmother's colander.
• Continue making and storing homemade pantry staples.
• Continue canning items.
• Continue buying thrift store glassware.
• Buy condiment bottles.
• Buy a new manual can opener.
• Make magnetized buttons or clothespin magnets to hold important notes and recipes on the refrigerator.
• Buy new Lysol scrubbers.
• Reorganize and label spice jars.
• Buy new dish towels.
• Toss old prescriptions and OTC medicines, and reorganize medicine cabinet.
• Buy scoops for sugar and flour.
• Etch names on oil bottles.
• Make a measuring cup and spoon holder.
• Create a holder for sponges and brushes.
• Buy new Pyrex and Mason jars as necessary.
• Permanently label all Pyrex and Rubbermaid containers.
• Replace salt and pepper grinders--again (Kamenstein, you disappoint me).
• Revise food inventory document--or create an app for that!
• Develop an app for recipes.
• Buy a tablet for recipes and food inventory.
• Replace Coca-Cola dishware with Corelle.
• Continue buying Fiesta cookware.
• Replace slow cooker (ours got a little overheated near the stove, and the control panel melted a bit!).
• Determine storage solution for cookbooks.
• Buy a food processor.
• Buy a griddle.
• Buy a knife storage strip.
• Buy a meat tenderizer.
• Buy a comfort mat.
• Build a better garbage can.
• Buy a freezer.
• Obtain my grandmother's scale.

Master Bedroom

• Sort through clothing.
• Finish organizing shoes.
• Sort through jewelry.
• Hang pictures.
• Sell unwanted gold jewelry.
• Clean out and organize junk drawers.
• Rehang purses on the black peg board.
• Organize hats on the black peg board.
• Organize accessories.
• Hang clothing on flat hangers.
• Buy new sheets and a new comforter.
• Repaint the hope chest, and use it to store linens.
• Touch up the paint on the chest of drawers.
• Buy, build, or create a new bed.
• Buy and refinish bedside tables.
• Buy or build a new bookshelf.
• Buy or sew new thermal drapes.

En Suite Bathroom

• Hang make-up board.
• Create a board to hang towels.
• Create remaining make-up organizers.
• Make our own toiletries and store them in nice plastic containers.
• Clean antique Listerine bottle.
• Buy new bath towels, hand towels, and washcloths.
• Buy another garbage can.
• Buy waffle weave shower curtain.
• Buy another bath rug.

Nursery

• Finish sewing curtains.
• Reupholster glider.
• Buy bumpers and bedding for Abe's crib.
• Create wall decor from embroidery hoops and fabric.
• Build a bedside table with a place for Abe's books.
• Build a bookshelf for Abe's books.
• Refinish daybed for Abe.

Guest Bedroom / Home Office

• Sell unwanted items on eBay or donate them to Goodwill.
• Fix lamp.
• Label all electrical cords.
• Build a desk.
• Sort through financial records, and shred as many as possible.
• Buy or build a guest bed.
• Build a bedside table.
• Buy an alarm clock.

Bathroom

• Create a decorative toilet paper holder.
• Buy another toilet brush.
• Make our own toiletries and store them in nice plastic containers.
• Buy new bath towels, hand towels, and washcloths.
• Buy waffle weave shower curtain and hooks.

Laundry Area

• Continue making homemade cleaners.
• Paint the laundry baskets white.
• Frame the burlap laundry sign.
• Begin using reusable dryer sheets.
• Create an ironing pad to be stored atop the dryer.
• Sell old ironing board.
• Buy an antique washboard.
• Create homemade Oxy Clean and store it in an apothecary jar.
• Create homemade laundry detergent, and store it in an apothecary jar.
• Buy antique clothespins and store them in an apothecary jar.
• Create a clothing sorter or sorting system.

Garage/Outdoors/Miscellaneous

• Clean out box in the hall closet. (Updated 07/07/2014)
• Have a yard sale, and donate items not sold. (Updated 07/07/2014)
• Finish started projects. (Updated 07/07/2014)
• Convert home videos to DVD.
• Scan pictures and scrapbook them.
• Organize travel toiletries.
• Finish Jeep notebook.
• Organize candle making supplies.
• Organize finances.
• Shred unwanted receipts.
• Review credit reports, correct errors, and close accounts.
• Ensure that all paperwork is scanned, backed up, and safe.
• Create a “legacy drawer."
• Organize house filing cabinet.
• Organize desktop computer.
• Organize bookmarks.
• Organize netbook.
• Clean out e-mail.
• Clean up social networking profiles (Facebook, Google+, etc.).
• Make birdseed decor.
• Create a card box.
• Make stenciled reusable shopping bags.
• Organize craft room supplies.
• Continue learning how to knit, crochet, sew, quilt, and decorate cakes.
• Grow another herb garden.
• Find or make a holder for the broom, dustpan, and Swiffer.
• Create a miniature garbage can for the Jeep.
• Purchase new luggage.
• Create an emergency box in the Jeep.
• Buy new car mats for the Jeep.
• Detail the Jeep.
• Have the Jeep repainted.
• Have the Jeep's exterior touched up.
• Recreate the hurricane kit.
• Finish Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace plan.

Wow. That is indeed quite a list, isn't it? And what happens if we move into a house that we own rather than rent? Clearly, I will never be finished with my project list!

Erin