New Year's To-Do List

I have played around with Christmas stuff for weeks, finishing up just in time to take it all down again. It's time to move on.  Creating a list of things I want to get done before I die seems like a logical first step.  Not calling it a "resolution" seems like a good idea, too.  Putting it out there (I'm adding it to my side bar) for all to see?  Maybe not.  Just try not to judge my progress too harshly.  I won't. 

This post is not really about New Year's resolutions, which, for me anyway, are way too easy to break.  It's just a little (random) to-do list.  Because, I've seriously got things to do.

• Finish powder room addition
• Clear out my bathroom sink drain
• Finish my sewing armoire
• Find storage space for fabric
• Re-pillow the living room sofa
• Paint Betty's painting
• Make new dust ruffles for twin beds
• Slipcover nasty wingback chair in dining room
• Recover dining room chair bottoms
• Clean bathroom vent
• Reevaluate and tweak TV and hall walls
• Start couponing
• Clear off carport and KEEP it clear
• Build dog kennel stand
• Shed a few pounds
• Cull my furniture collection
• Stain back steps
• Install backdoor screen door
• Acid stain carport
• Plant spring garden
• Build gate to backyard to trap two bad Yorkies
• Build or purchase a coat rack (for living room or outside back door)
• Organize and prioritize my inspiration folder
  

Relax, don't un-follow me yet -- I promise I won't be taking pictures and posting about everything on the list.

The biggest project on the list?  We're carving a powder room out of a tiny 3'x8' space that was a stairway to the attic in the kitchen.  The stairs were never built back after a fire in 1968 and the awkward space (to put it kindly) was incorporated into the kitchen, which never really worked.

During the kitchen reno we just walled it up --  along with a new toilet, a couple of rolls of insulation, a box of tile and that dustpan I looked high and low for.  We recently opened it up from the hall side, adding double doors I found at my local Restore for $20.

There are issues with the doors (as you could see if I could find my camera cord) but I'm determined to make them work.  I'm thinking I'll remove the top panels and replace them with glass.   

Here are a few pictures from my bathroom idea folder....

House of Smith's

Addicted 2 Decorating

I hate I can't credit all of these pictures.  I collected most of them before I was blogging. 

Of course, my space is about the size of a bathtub but I hope to make it beautiful.  

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