Coming up this Winter

While the weather outside is frightful, we're hoping to take advantage of being stuck inside and  get some projects checked off the - metaphorical - list.

1. Finish Moving In

I didn't go around and count, but I'm pretty sure we have between 10 and 15 boxes still in the state the moving guys left them. I have no idea what is inside most of them, or where we're going to put it, but my goal is to finish unpacking before we have to mow the lawn for the first time this summer.

2. Basement

Right now, the situation in the basement is pretty terrifying.  I consciously try not to look around when I go down there (briefly) to do laundry.  While we're no where near being able to afford the remodel we're eventually planning, hopefully some time with a garbage bag and a paint brush will help smooth things over for a while.

3. Pillow Problems

Every night, we wage a war with our pillows constantly falling off the head of the bed, and nothing frustrates me more than unregulated pillows. I want to make an upholstered headboard to stop the pillow-suicides, and also act as a focal point in the room. We still haven't agreed on what shape/style it should be, and which fabric we should use. I also don't know how we will get the required sheet of plywood home...so clearly, this idea is still in its earliest stages.

4. Privacy Please!

There is an appalling lack of window treatments downstairs at the moment, and I'm procrastinating because of some iffy decisions I've made on the curtain front so far - but something really needs to be done about the naked dining room and kitchen windows.

5. 6-Panels

Now that Husband is a door-replacing pro, he can feel free to replace the ones in the hallway upstairs at any point... :) I don't really have much vote in when this happens, so it may not this year at all.  At least we know it's something we already have the experience/skills to do, and that's unusually comforting.

6. Craftiness

This might make me sound a bit spoiled, but I am tired of crafting. on. the floor. Need me some craft room furniture!! 

7. Save, Save, Save

Lastly, and of highest priority, I've mentioned before that we're hoping to replace our upstairs windows and sliding glass door before the summer if possible. This is undoubtedly going to set us back quite a bit, but we feel like it's an important investment in our house, and our utility bills! 

And because this is an otherwise boring, picture-free post, here's a quick one of my handsome man...