Summer To Do List

I feel like I am ALWAYS working on at least one project around the house and yet the to do list keeps getting longer and longer.  This is my spring/summer 2013 list.

Outside:

• Stain screened porch interior walls
• Add exterior outlets to deck
• Repaint green patio furniture
• Stain mailbox post
• Revamp Adirondack chairs
• Build ship mast
• Install second zip line
• Repaint chalk top table
• Install flagstone patios 
• Weed/prep raised planter beds
• Prep remaining gardens (weed, spray, fertilize, grub control)
• Plant annuals
• Plant containers 
• Build custom storage for shed
• Move workbench to other side of garage and make a storage place for everything
• Clean out garage
• Build bench(es) for table and find chairs
• Clean out sandbox, finish installing retaining wall
• Install the shade sails I bought last year
• Fill in hole for old outdoor shower
• Move old table to deck, reupholster chairs in outdoor fabric
• Wash and stain deck floor
• Replace railing on deck/stairs
• Add new planting areas

Inside:

• Sew laundry room curtains
• Caulk counters in master bath
• Make vanity area into dirty clothes area
• Paint/hang WASH letters for laundry room
• Hang ironing board
• Tear carpet off main staircase and re-finish stairs and landing
• Polyurethane stairs
• Replace 3 spindles
• Hang surfboard from staircase wall
• Purchase and paint dresser for girls’ room
• Paint daybed for girls’ room
• Paint side tables in living room
• Repaint kitchen table and benches and reupholster bench cushions
• Touch up paint in hallways/stairs
• Make/paint artwork for staircase 
• Paint upstairs doors and trim
• Replace door knobs upstairs
• Replace and paint knobs on kitchen cabinets
• Install curtain tiebacks in dining room
• Make artwork from old magazines
• Paint magazine files for laundry room
• Redo floor and door trim throughout first floor
• Recover 3 lampshades in living room
• Paint storage cabinets in living room
• Redo chairs I’ve had forever
• Redo bar cart I’ve had forever
• Make shower curtain for guest bath
• Paint/install knobs for Zoe’s desk, paint inside doors, install shelves
• Repaint top of desk and apply polyacrylic
• Bring bed from office to boy’s room, replace legs to make platform height
• Build command central/craft island in office
• Reorganize entire office
• Repaint dresser from office, move to bedroom
• Retrofit dresser to hide cables/wires
• Close up weird lookout window over staircase