Projects

There is a list of projects around the house that have been there for too long. The weather is cooling and Jeff is headed into his holiday retail hell so I have time on my hands and I am determined to croos some off my list. The first thing I need to do is to acknowlege any costs associated with these projects and to put them into my budget for the month.

PATIO FURNITURE: We have a lovely bistro table with two matching chairs and we have four folding chairs as well. The folding chairs need new nuts and bolts in a few places, ($nuts and bolts). Everything needs to be hose down prior to ($hose), and then when the minor repairs and cleanign are complete I can paint them ($Rustoleum outdoor paint, tarp). A small bench of some kind to stor gardeny things would be nice too ($shelf). Then...voila! Outdoor space for the win. =)

GARAGE: The garage needs organizing. This is a project for a weekend. I need to haul the bagged clothes to the kmart donation center on 67th Ave. I need to pull the hard drives from the old computers and detroy them and then environmetally recycle the housing and monitors. I need to haul everything out to the yard and then hose out the garage with the hose I purchase for the patio furniture project (Hose- PIF paid in full). I need to assemble the two shelves I have (Shelves-PIF) and organize the items on them. One for longer term storage such as Holiday decoration, old files, and craft project boxes. One for frequent use items like car towels and cleaning supplies. I would love to keep paper towels, garbage bags, and bulk toilet paper stored there too to free up cabinet space IN my house. This will require an investment in rubbermade bins ($storage bins, Masking tape, black marker) A little sweat and perhaps the promise of dinner and beer to lure a helpful hand (plus the karmic assist back em them at some point) and we are golden! I want to put all of Jeff's ebay stuff on one wall, labeled so that he can easily begin selling it piece by piece but so that it looks nice too.

CLOSETS: This is a tougher one but if the garage is organized and I have enough bins then I can begin moving things out there. I want my closets back- namely the linen closet. Jeff saves all of the boxes to the things he buys even though they are empty but if I can keep them clean and preserved in the garage I think he's be cool with moving them. I concede the office closet to him but I want the bedroom closets organized for clothes and possible excess bedding and I want the guest room closet for seasonal clothing and workout equipment (exercise ball, weights, etc.). And the linen closet, of course. I need a shoe rack as well- maybe. It depends on how much room is created in the process of cleaning the rest up.

These are the major ones! Then on to others like: Refinishing bedroom furniture, slipcovering the casual couches (and adding foan to make them more comfortable) and covering throw pillows with fabric I like better...

Phew! Perhaps I have been watchign too much HGTV?