Steel White Table

Things we gotta do around the house this summer:

• Finish painting back room, then screw in coat hooks into that wall.
• Hang photos and paintings around the house.
• Get windows coverings (drapes, whatever).
• Paint window edges.
• Create garden boxes for main garden.
• Create box or something for the garden right by the garage (along the fence).
• Cleanup and box the strawberry and blueberry garden.
• Fix fence in the back; there’s swampy land there that’s causing the fence to lean over.
• Install gutter around back and front of house; it’s one of the reasons why the basement is damp; the water isn’t draining far away from the house.
• Fix the door step as you enter the front door; it’s too high.
• Finish painting the doors in the bedrooms.
• Get new mailbox.

Things we want to do in the house:

• Renovate bathroom. Cost estimate: $5000.
• Renovate kitchen. Cost estimate: $5000.
• Get secondary heat source. I prefer something that isn’t dependent on electricty, like a wood stove. What else is there? Cost estimate: $2000.
• Build wall in foyer: Cost estimate: $400.
• Replace carpet upstairs with hardwood or laminate. Cost estimate: $2000.
• Install ceiling lights in the living room, two bedrooms, and the TV area. Every room except the kitchen requires damn lamps you have to plug-in.
• Build or buy shelving for the closets in the kids’ rooms, the linen closet, and the coat closet at the top of the stairs.

I’m going to work on a budget soon, determining how much we’re saving per pay week and how long it will take to save up for the above; we’re not borrowing any more money; it’s too nerve-racking for me living with direct debt (that doesn’t include mortgage, although I obviously don’t like that either).

I figure it’ll take 10 years to get it all completed.

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