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Home projects

queendiva — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:57:43 GMT

What is the next project you have planned for your home?

Build a new one, sell it, paint a room, plan your garden or landscape...?

Share your plan here.

As mentioned on another thread I am planning a kitchen refresh for later this month.

A couple of small jobs (one day or less) right behind that. As homeowners there's always something, isn't there?

I am hoping and planning for all work, projects and cleaning to be completed before Easter.

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Jtdmum — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 21:07:36 GMT

Just finished painting the master bedroom. Next is crown moulding around and then new switchplates and window treatments.

Once that is done I think the kitchen - not sure if I'll paint and put in new counters or gut to the studs and go from there. If i do the latter, I want to knock down the wall between the dining and kitchen area and expand it to a much larger room. Clearly a huge difference in cost and time.

Then I start the basement which is a playroom but not heated, used 3 seasons only. New flooring and paint, very small investment but makes for such a nice setup with my backyard and pool area.

And yes, you are 100% correct- It's always something!

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AuntG — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 21:17:25 GMT

This is probably due to some extreme cold weather we had last week, but the glass in one of our windows is broke. They were just installed last year.

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Chicagosuburbangirl — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:17:30 GMT

The drywall in the utility room has to be replaced.

DH had to bust through to get to the water pipes that froze when it was -29F last week.

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Mom2Dogs — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:36:18 GMT

I want to paint our spare bedroom, currently it is green, I am going to apint it creme....ugh, how many coats will it take??

Next DH's shower needs replaced, but not sure how to go about that project. House was built in 1979....master bath is TINY and I am sure the shower is built into the wall....if it is going to cost a forturne we may have to canel the project.

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queendiva — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:15:20 GMT

@Chicagosuburbangirl: Oh NO!!

@Mom2Dogs: I just moved from a house built in 1970 with that same TINY master bath!

Fortunately, a previous owner did a nice and complete reno on the MB. I expect a good contractor can give you an idea what is involved in taking on your bathroom project.

For the paint: probably a coat of primer and two coats of cream paint.

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jannabelle1 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:27:17 GMT

Additional insulation in the wall behind the kitchen sink and dishwasher - and figure out what is wrong with the kitchen window that leaked cold air like a sieve this past week! It's not something we'll do ourselves - DH isn't able to do that type of thing anymore, but it is a definite spring project.

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Mom2Dogs — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:47:26 GMT

@queendiva...our master is very large, length of the house and a nice width, 2 sets of double closets and a teeny, tiny bath. Guess that is how they were built in the 70's. There is no way we could share that bathroom, I use the LARGE bath down the hall.

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wagirl — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 15:39:37 GMT

Had a huge tree fall on my house in Dec and have the whole upstairs to re do/repair--3 bedrooms and 2 baths.

Been trying to find contractors to bid on it with very little luck----will be major construction. Have contacted at least 12 and 3 have actually shown up--so maddening!!!

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haddon9 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 15:49:46 GMT

We're currently refreshing my son's old bedroom. It still had the little boy sports border (DS is 30) with a lot of his old toys, etc. We're repainting it a neutral color, I ordered a new valance, bedding and we're replacing the old carpet with hardwood.

We gave a lot of stuff away, some were trashed and others DS wants to keep so they went into large plastic bins into storage.

It will be a neutral and fresh guestrooom....I can't wait for it to be finished!

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Fressa — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:34:03 GMT

I'm still working on my long list of projects from the point that we purchased our home. It's been revised so many times that I just called it the "on-going" list. Seriously, I am determined to get it fully completed this year and be over it.

The spare bedroom is going to be a closet/storage room.

The wall paper has to be removed from the kitchen, hallways and one bedroom. (We purchased an older, big home so there are lots of rooms...UGH!)

The downstairs bedroom suite has been turned into a kennel room for our GSD's and the second room is now storage. That room will become a spare bedroom.

I am still clearning out the work room, storage room, Christmas storage room and cedar closet of "stuff".

I've made at least six major clear outs of "stuff" over the years and now I'm down to the "do I really want to keep this" phase.

We had multiple family members living with us when we purchased this home and finally we just have us. It will be nice to see empty space on the shelves and in the rooms.

Wish me luck!

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SXMGirl — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:40:33 GMT

We have been doing quite a few things since the summer. At that time, we did garage renovations, ran an separate electric line for our freezer, which is in the garage. We also found mold in our basement, so that had to be taken care of, as well as a fireplace insert replacement.

For the end of March, we are installing 10 new windows and probably will be doing new siding on our home. Luckily, our front is brick, so we mght save some money there.

The house has become a money pit.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 22:36:05 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I want to paint our spare bedroom, currently it is green, I am going to apint it creme....ugh, how many coats will it take??

Next DH's shower needs replaced, but not sure how to go about that project. House was built in 1979....master bath is TINY and I am sure the shower is built into the wall....if it is going to cost a forturne we may have to canel the project.

Prime your walls first with a coat or two of Kilz. Don't let the paint store sell you paint with "stainblocker" aka Kilz in it. The results wont be the same.

Use water based Kilz/Kilz Premium, you dont need the Kilz Max stuff.

I had a friend who tried to cheap around using 2 coats of paint without primer to cover 80's lemon yellow and burnt orange. Didn't work. She wasted both time and money.

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VaBelle35 — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:41:23 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I want to paint our spare bedroom, currently it is green, I am going to apint it creme....ugh, how many coats will it take??

Next DH's shower needs replaced, but not sure how to go about that project. House was built in 1979....master bath is TINY and I am sure the shower is built into the wall....if it is going to cost a forturne we may have to canel the project.
Prime your walls first with a coat or two of Kilz. Don't let the paint store sell you paint with "stainblocker" aka Kilz in it. The results wont be the same.

Use water based Kilz/Kilz Premium, you dont need the Kilz Max stuff.

I had a friend who tried to cheap around using 2 coats of paint without primer to cover 80's lemon yellow and burnt orange. Didn't work. She wasted both time and money.

My kitchen was Martha Stewart Beet, a deep rich red color and the painters used Benjamin Moore Regal Select and just did 2 coats over it. No primer needed.