Here’s a list of smaller projects we’re contemplating for the near future. No particular order.
- Finish work on hallway
- Clean and organize basement
- Build pergola roof
- Seal up south shed windows and doors, run electricity to it, set it up as workshop
- Wall in north shed rotted-out garage doors, replace rotted-out and falling-off person door
- Run temporary lights and sockets to basement
- Waterproof leaky parts of basement
- Till and seed south raised area
Larger projects:
- Replace the roof (we already have a contractor and estimate, just need to pull the trigger on it)
- Build porch and re-route front entrance to existing closet (turning it back into a foyer/mudroom again)
- Turn addition into master suite (this can be done in stages with the bathroom coming last)
- Bump out back wall and enclose basement stairs into building envelope
- Smart wire the house and create tech hub
- Gut and refinish the library and living room
- Retile the fireplace
“Someday” projects:
- Finish basement, create laundry/plumbing room
- Redo all the supply plumbing with PEX and a manifold system
- Knock down the existing sheds, extend the foundations, and rebuild as garage & cottage
- Replace forced air heating with radiant
- Add a second story to the addition
- Build a better patio
- Redo the kitchen
Not that I’m going to be starting any of these right away, except maybe cleaning and organizing the basement. I really need a break.
Jen adds Yard Projects:
- Clean out top bed and ready it for arborvitae planting
- Continue building up the raised beds
- Set the initial plans and start building my perennial garden
- WEED! Oh goodness I need to weed. My beds are horrifically overgrown
- Cut down strange bush/tree covering the library window