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[queendiva]

Besides outdoor cleanup and gardening, which many are doing at this time of year, what was your most recent project? Your next project? Large or small- please share.

I'm not sure I completed a project recently, but I have two planned. One is to rehab a cool looking chair if I can find fabric I like and can afford for the seat cushion. No timetable for this one. The other is to "refresh" my infrequently used guest bathroom by updating the vanity faucet and light bar from chrome to rubbed bronze, which will look much better with the color palette in the room. Parts have been ordered. Hoping to have this done for Mother's Day weekend when I will have family visiting. A small investment of just over $200.00 plus the cost of handyman labor. I'm happy that I have nothing large-scale planned.

[Pecky]

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.  

[ScrapHappy]

We have to re-do a remodel in one of our bathrooms.  Remodeled it 4 years ago and it leaks.  Have to retile shower area and replace durarock.  UGH!  Prior to that, we remodeled our powder room on our own during the height of the pandemic.  Paint, new vanity, new toilet, new everything.  Turned out very nice if I do say so myself.  Our list of home projects is extensive:  need one more furnance and 1 more AC unit (already replaced one furnance and 2 AC units), need 2 new driveways, remodel main floor bedroom and bathroom, finish painting interior of house, some updates to kitchen like window treatments (would like new countertops, hardware but don't know if we'll ever get to that), need to knock down pool house and re-do patio around pool.  Pool could use a refresh, but not so much a priority.  Eventually the exterior of home needs painted.  Yep...a lot and I'm stressed.

[itsmagic]

Just today the workers finished replacing our cement driveway.  It had cracked in several places and was looking pretty bad.   Very expensive project but needed to be done for upkeep. 

[AuntG]

New concrete driveway and a decorative fence are on my wish list. I don't see the need for a privacy fence surrounding our house, but something behind our flower gardens, and between the house next door would be nice.

[wilma]

We did a lot of home projects in 2020. We replaced an old beat up wooden garage door that was 60 years old with a painted metal door. Absolutely love it. We also had our gutters repaired and the wood trim, shutters, and gutters painted. Surprises in 2020 were buying a new motor for our HVAC & a new washing machine which broke. 

2021 

The year began with a surprise leaking water heater that needed replacing. We just paid someone to reupholster the cushions on our 22 year old dining room chairs. There's a thread in this forum about it. Our next project will be replacing exterior front lights.

After that we have 2 big projects looming. We need a new HVAC system as the motor replacement was just a temporary fix. We need new sunroom windows because the seals are breaking and creating condensation. 

Always something to do. 
Wishing everyone the best in their home projects! 

[FancyPhillyshopper]

The joys of home ownership and never ending projects.

Last summer we had a new heating system installed--twin furnaces due to the large size of our old Victorian house.

Then we needed a new washing machine early in the new year--it was a two month wait due to slower productions!

This Spring we had our three 135 year old 60 feet tall beech nut trees professionally trimmed.  Many neighbors came out to watch the giant boom lift carrying the men high into the branches, and then were amazed how the workers swung around on ropes just like Tarzan.

Now we are getting roof quotes.  I never knew there were so many roof design rules (color should contrast or enhance house body color, etc.) and so many choices of tiles!

Internal remodeling ideas are always on my list, but we are doing the priority projects first.  

[JYWilliams]

I had my two bathroom counter tops changed out. My next project is to put new flooring in my guest bathroom and my kitchen.

[RedTop]

Everything is in order with the house right now.   My BIL is coming soon to grind out 8 stumps for us.   

[Free2be]

A wrap-around deck is contracted but not yet started.  When finished, outdoor lighting will be put in, also replacement windows.  Then some carpet taken up and wood laminate floor put down but after some kitchen work is done -- details remain undecided.