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[Snowpuppy]

After I was floored by the labor cost today of a small project, I think I'm going to dust off some skills I have and expand my tool collection.

I'm not beyond shopping a Habitat Restore or reclaim store to reduce costs. Not everything is used. They get chartable donations of new but uninstalled building supplies.

[LonestarBabs]

I recently installed interlocking grid floor tiles in my garage - just snapped them together with a rubber mallet.

I am going to have a new gas cooktop installed, and am getting ready to refresh the landscaping to replace plants lost during the TX winter storm. Installing a new decorative outdoor fountain is part of the project as is the addition of a few more uplights. Due to a knee injury I have to rely on others for help but I have budgeted for the work.

Later this year I'm going to paint the front porch ceiling and do some touchup painting in the main bedroom suite.

[Sweetbay magnolia]

Just had my three fence gates fixed.  None worked, and one section of fence had a tree fall on it over the winter.  It is a joy to walk to and fro through the access ways!

I met with my new handyman today, and besides his fixing the fence, we looked at a ton of painting I need done, and some drywall work.

We will be cleaning gutters next week (red maples I hate you) and making way for the front door to be painted, then carpet ripped up and replaced with vinyl in the den.

Love/hate homeownership!

[Lucky Charm]

DH built a nice large closet in an upstairs bedroom.  It's not filled with anything, but it's just great to have extra room for storage.

We pressure washed the decks and I cleaned my huge yellow porcelain planters till they sparkled and then filled them with red/orange geraniums.

They are coming to do the spring install of the awnings.  We have to *rope in* my lilacs so they don't get damaged by ladders.  The house looks so finished with awnings up and what a lifesaver from sun!

At the summer house, I have to *hug* my beautiful deep purple crepe myrtles for the same reason.

At that house, we are going to get a permit/permission to build a small deck/porch to one side of the front door.  Half the stairs will be taken down (Y shaped stairway to front sidewalks) and will need some professional landscaping done to move shrubs and small trees. Very excited about that.

I painted the inside of the door to the garage today, not  garage door, but an entry door.  Looks so much better!

[Nonametoday]

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@Pecky wrote:

I am having my kitchen cabinets painted.  They are oak and they need to be updated.  We put in new counter tops a few years ago.  I had an interior decorator help me pick out the color as I didn't want white.  Everyone seems to have white and I wanted something different.  I picked out a pretty light taupe that goes with my granite counter top.  I am also reupholstering my kitchen chairs.  

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@Pecky 

I have taupe cabinets,kitchen, great room, bathrooms, laundry room and taupe trim throughout my house.  It's a very light taupe.  Everybody has white and I wanted something different and my countertops look much better with taupe than stark white.

[homedecor1]

And my list continues to grow like the old saying "one thing leads to another"!

Last year I did the pandemic redecorating ...started with 

1. Sold guest bedroom furniture & replacing with more updated appropriate sized furniture. Which lead to new paint, wall decor.

2. Decided to "update" guest bathroom started as that ended up gutting bathroom, new everything, painting and decor.

As that wasn't enough...

3.  Replaced all carpeting in-house with new LVP changed the whole look of my decor -- which lead to selling all unwanted or older furniture (donated).  Then scoured estate sales, thrift stores, and FB marketplace found great buys.  Changed entire look.

4. that lead to buying new area rugs 

5. which lead to having the walk-in pantry redone.  Currently waiting for cabinetry to come in (back ordered since Feb 1).

6.  just when I think I'm done decided to get master bath remodeled by gutting it entirely & reconfiguring it.  Believe it or not there is a 7.5" step down into the shower area -- spouse trips even though put in 2 sets of bars.  This will be a major job taking 3 weeks.   I am waiting for final quote from contractor for labor -- I already picked out materials to order. 

7.  Currently waiting for blind company to give estimate for 3  sliding doors which are my DR back wall to lanaiarea,  Im looking at Hunter Douglas luminettes.

And I'm sure the list will grow before I'm satisfied with the house😉 then start on outside backyard.  I don't  have. a  green thumb going to  hire a landscaper.

[FastDogWalker2]

We just had a new a HVAC system put in.  Also, we  built a kayak storage rack.  We have been doing lots of gardening - not sure if that counts!

[ninjawife]

I haven't recently done any home projects but we are planning to do some at our beach house.  I absolutely hate the builder grade hardwood floors that came with the house so I have finally found a new hardwood floor that I like after sending away for multiple flooring samples.  Once the floor is installed, we will have the place painted.  Grey in the sunroom and dining room and a pale aqua blue in the living spaces and kitchen.  We will also have the backsplash tiles with grey glass subway tile.  We will replace the cutains in the dining room to compliment the new paint and refinish the dining room table. 

[Snoopp]

I need to plant grass in some sparse areas of my lawn.  Just got the stuff last week so hope to do it soon.

I need to get a sprinkler head replaced.  Had a handyman fix my broken mailbox last week - YAY!  So happy he could do that.  Waiting on an estimate to paint my garage doors.  Still gets too cold to paint outdoors right now.

Hired a new lawn guy to help me out.  What a fiasco though...two lawn companies were here with almost the same exact name doing neighbors lawns and I though I was talking to one company when I was really talking to a different company....how embarrassing - like I said, the names were almost identical.  Lucky for me, the owner of the company I thought I had spoke to called me and came right over and accepted the job, so I am relieved.  It all worked out, even with the confusion on my part.  And now my lawn is cut and and that is one big job done for the week.

[Snicks1]

I'll start with late last Fall, got a new roof installed, had a leaky roof. The resulting stains on the ceiling led us to choose to install a wood plank ceiling, but before that, I wanted to paint the Living, Dining, Kitchen, Hallway, and Bathroom, so I did that work myself over the winter. We are now, finally in the process of starting work on the ceilings. It's a big job, so this will take us a bit. In the middle of getting started on the wood plank ceilings, we had the sewer back up in the downstairs shower and toilet from running the washer and the dishwasher. Got that fixed and that mess cleaned up. I am also doing outside yard work, as I am my own landscaper and yard person. I Will be getting my big flower pots out by the pool planted probably this weekend. Also will be opening the pool within the next couple of weeks. It has been and continues to be a busy time here as I see it has been for many.