Dude, Get on that Already: The List (Part 1)

When I first started this blog, I challenged myself to complete a small task weekly - wrapping up some loose end or doing a quick project I'd been meaning to do forever. Inspired by Sherry over at Young House Love, I called it my "Dude, Get on that Already" challenge. But, it was all easier said that done! So like I mentioned yesterday, my new goals is to accomplish at least one item on the list per month - one each week was probably a bit ambitious!!

And since I have no shame, I figured I'd share the list with all of you. Hopefully you can relate and won't judge me for my inability to finish projects haha. So without further ado, here is the current list (in no particular order):


1) Paint bathroom trim in Sam's bathroom. Earlier this year I painted the walls, but not the trim. I went on a painting spree for one weekend earlier this year and ran out of time to finish all the details (this carries on to items 2 & 3 too, eek!). It's hard to tell from the picture, but the trim is a very lame off-white color, and I'll be painting it a brighter white color to give the walls a bit more pop and make it look cleaner/fresher overall.

And yes, you read right, Sam & I basically do not share a bathroom. One of the our many secrets to avoiding conflict when moving in together after only dating three months (maybe we should write a book? haha).

Beige walls + off-white trim = a bit dingy, needs some white!

2. Paint the hallway doors. I seriously HATE painting doors. Hence why it didn't get done during the same weekend painting spree mentioned above. I did manage to paint the trim in the hallway, but the doors are still that same off-white color. And there's FOUR doors, not cool. But it must be done! I'm used to it by now but I'm sure people who come to my house think I am crazy.

Yes, it actually is this terrible in real life.

3. Finish painting the trim in the entryway and master bathroom. Sadly, these areas are the epitome of unfinished. I painted all the trim in the master bathroom except the baseboards, because I was too lazy to wipe them down after a whole two days of painting. And now it has stayed that way. In the entryway, all the trim is painted except for the crown molding, and I think that was just because I honestly forgot. But have I done anything about it? Of course not!

4. Hang a window treatment in the master bath. First of all, can we just say how hard it is to take a picture of a window? The lighting is crazytown. But anyway, I bought a bamboo shade to hang over this window and test out how I liked it so I could potentially do the same in the kitchen. Haven't hung it yet... it's been at least 6 months.

Poor little naked window...

5. Hang window treatments in the kitchen. See the little valence rods I bought and put up over the windows at least 2 years ago? Yep, never used them because I could never find curtains that I liked. So I'm thinking bamboo shades here too, we'll see how it looks in the bathroom first.  

More naked windows, poor things.

I'm thinking something like this, except with the shade hung outside/over the window rather that inside since my windows aren't framed with trim. 

(Image from here)

6. Add shoe molding to the kitchen, laundry room & master bathroom. This never got done when the tile was laid a few years ago, and it's a simple enough fix if I get a nail gun. Might wait and have this done as a part of the kitchen remodel though?

See how tile awkwardly meets baseboard and you can see some extra
caulk, etc.  ... there's also a crack there you can't see in the picture. 

Should look like this - nice pretty shoe molding
in the living room polishes everything off :)

I need to get to cooking dinner & running, so no more time for the rest.... but I'll post them soon. There's at least 6 more projects, and the more I think about it the more I come up with!! I guess that can keep me busy for a whole year if I only do one each month. It's funny how you can get totally used to things (like those crazy off color doors in the hallway) when you see them every day, and only when you think about it do you realize how ridiculous it is!