New Year's House Resolutions

This list is going to be long, really long, probably longer than what we can actually accomplish in 2008, but so many of these tasks seem small...

Living Room

• Hang stained glass with picture hooks that are FINALLY coming from Rejuvenation
• Purchase and hang mirror for over console table
• Print and frame macro shots we took in Belize (same wall as mirror)
• Potentially purchase coat/hall tree. This will probably be something we keep an eye out for antique-ing or garage sale-ing, so if we find one, great.

Dining Room

• Buy pot and repot palm plant (has been in need for several months)
• Fix electrical outlet that's loose
  
• Potentially buy buffet/server/some large piece of furniture - another antique/really good deal kind of thing

Kitchen

• Replace pendant light (I cannot believe we haven't done this already)
• Buy and hang curtains for windows over sink
• Finish painting back door and back window (another hard to believe item)

Hallway

• Buy and install new lights
• Patch ceiling once lights are installed
  

Guest Bedroom

• Fix electrical outlet that doesn't work
  

Main Bathroom

• Repair broken shower head/hose
• Run the bathroom vent to the outside (also sort of an attic thing)
  

Half Bath

• Potentially completely remodel (we need to run our budget numbers)
• If no gut remodel...
• take out numerous towel bars
• paint
• install 1 towel bar
• potentially replace flickering light fixture and mirror

Whole House Interior

• Hire plumber to fix washing machine drainage issue and replace polybutylene pipes
• Hire electrician for miscellaneous tasks
• Install vapor barrier over crawl space
  
• Paint trim
• Strip doors and stain or potentially just repaint (either way something has to happen)
• Door knobs - refinish/clean up brass, replace missing screws, tighten loose screws, etc
• THE BIG ONE - potentially hire window expert (do such people exist?) to remove all windows, strip all lead paint, repaint, reglaze, replace 2-3 broken panes with old wavy glass, and reinstall, including fixing broken sashes and finally opening the one window that seems to be painted shut. This would be big - I'm not even sure how it would work or what it would cost. I'm guessing somewhere between $5,000-10,000. We have 16 old windows we'd need this person to work on. The lead paint is the main issue we're concerned about, so we'd need in expert in that. Plus, would this person also strip the trim around the windows? or would they just do the windows themselves? We clearly need to start making some phone calls...

Whole House Exterior

Front of House

• Purchase & install porch swing
• Fill in dwarf mondo grass on slope (particularly left side)
• Fill in liriope in right-of way (particularly left side where we didn't plant any!)
• Touch-up paint around mailslot
• Fix doorbell (electrician needed)
• Install outdoor outlet (electrician)
  
• Potentially replace entryway lights
  
• Potentially replace door knob, kick plate, etc

Back of House

• Buy deck furniture
• Finishing staining the deck - dependent on the drought and whether or not we're allowed to powerwash and/or whether or not we are willing to break the law
  
• Landscaping?? This one is really dependent on the drought.