The House and projects 2 :)

Here is the updated project list. We tried to order it by first doing things we need to do and then by things we would like to do. We also ordered it by ease....like it is easier and better to tile before you paint, etc. There are some things that may fluctuate based on time and money but this is what we are thinking about.

Want/Need

Blinds

Lighting for master

Ceiling fan for master

Paint master

Paint dining room

Paint garage floor

Spice rack for kitchen

Tile master bath

Tile office bath

Tile half bath

Tile guest bath

Tile utility room

Tile porch and patio

Paint kitchen

Paint living room

Paint upstairs loft/office

Ceiling fans for downstairs

Dishwasher

Grill

Dining room set

Patio furniture

TV's for loft and office

Coffee table for loft

Shelving for office

Four port hub

If you can remember our list from WAY back then we have the washer/dryer, refrigerator, bedroom set (YAYAYAYAYAYYAY!!!!!) and our friend Dave is making is making us some book cases for the Loft. Brian is SO excited about his loft and office and he has some great plans for it. I have been trying to leave everything up to him but he keeps asking what I want. I try to say "no, it is your room" but he never likes that answer.


The biggest thing causing a hick up/delay is the blinds. We have 15 windows that need blinds. We should do the rooms that absolutely need them first, I think everyone agrees. Because of Brian's light sensitivity that leaves 2 windows that can wait to have blinds but at that point there is very little point to leaving those 2 windows for later. We first tried with Lowes but the Lowes person never called us back...apparently he didnt need or want the business. Then we tried with Costco's contractor and they were awesome...but expensive. They wanted 7k to do plantation shutters throughout the house! I am not sure this house is worth shutters that cost 7k. Obviously we aren't looking to do that. So we are looking at other options. Our friend Dave is a builder and he measured all of our windows for us and is going to Lowe's/Home Depot and see if he can get us a better deal. Blinds are not cheap, even the cheap ones aren't cheap. We don't want to put up cheap ones we hate to replace them later since we will end up spending more money that way so now we are trying to figure out how to get ones we like cheap enough that we can do it. Once we figure out what we need to do about blinds we can start to see what project we can scratch off the list next.