Projects List

I am trying to get a lot of stuff done that we’d put aside while John was ill.

I made a list of “projects” that would be nice to accomplish. They might never be completed, but it’s nice to look forward to them.

Soon

  • Replace carpet in MBR
  • Cover over the back patio & eavestrough s
  • Brick the driveway & sidewalk
  • Power wash lanai/deck
  • Clean out garage and organize & fix garage floor
  • Get a small step stool for closet
  • Attic clean-out – store stuff that I won’t need in the attic
  • I’m already working on replacing the bedroom carpet. In fact, if it isn’t raining this afternoon, I plan to go down to the carpet store and pick it out. The present carpet was installed when the condo was built. It’s shabby.

    The back patio cover would provide sunshade so I’d use the patio more. Also the sun wouldn’t come in the window late in the day as easily and it would keep the condo cooler.

    Our driveway has been power washed so much that the surface has worn away. The brick driveway would make take care of the black mold that grown on the driveway so regular power-washing would be less necessary.

    The garage needs to be purged and then I’d like to have an easy to clean surface on the floor. There’s a bad crack which could be filled and covered.

    Within a year

  • Landscape
  • Replace doors on kitchen cabinets and build in bar area
  • Storm shutters or replace windows with hurricane resistant
  • New stainless range and dishwasher to match refrigerator
  • New front load dryer and matching washer
  • Replace loveseats
  • The above list is stuff John and I talked about but didn’t get around to doing. The landscape project would replace the front bush with a 3-tree palm group. John would keep that bush trimmed, but I’m too short to do it.

    Later:

  • Replace garage screen with electric
  • Buy new guest bedroom furniture
  • Buy new master BR furniture
  • Small freezer for garage
  • These are things John wouldn’t have considered important but for various reasons, I now feel I’d like to do them.

    The garage screen would make it easier as I get older. Sliding the screens has been really difficult. (The guy who installed the water softener did work on them yesterday so hopefully it’ll be a little easier but it has been all I could do.)

    The guest room furniture would include a murphy bed. Currently the futon is “down into a bed” but I can’t get back to a sofa.

    My bedroom furniture is old and definitely not my style.

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