2012 things to do

Well it feels like I have 2012 things I want to accomplish... not resolutions as such but little jobs (and some quite big ones), things that have been bugging me, things I really want to happen and things that must happen around Casa Cataldo this year. I'm not listing things that will need expert help (like the fans and the hot water system that need to be replaced, or the powerpoints and switches that need to be done) So here they are... in no particular order.

• Cover the old chair that the dog destroyed, fix up the arms and paint them black (have to disguise the tooth marks left by the dog and then  move it into the lounge.

  

  This will live again!

  
• Recover the arm chair currently in the lounge and it's mate out in the "family room" Repaint their arms and legs
• Make slip covers/buy slip covers for the sofas
• Refurbish the vanity in the bathroom. I plan to make a new door for it and take out the drawers, add shelves and pop in baskets.
• Put up shelving in the bathroom. The shelves are there... it's just a matter of putting them up.
• Rearrange my laundry.
• Put up shelving in my craft/spare room
• Organise my craft/spare room
• Restore the bed in the craft/spare room
• Repaint Duncan's room, our room, the craft room, laundry, kitchen ... in fact every room except Caitlin's.
• Paint Caitlin's floor white.
• Paint the pine "feature wall"
• Paint the bronze light fittings either black or white.
• Paint the patio table
• Paint the old kitchen cupboards out in the patio.



Sand and paint the green black.

• Finish restoring the chairs for the patio. Two are done... just 2 more to sand and paint.
• Re-organise and cull electrical items in the kitchen
• Re-alphabetise and cull books and CDs
• Refurbish the set of drawers out in the carport
• Try and get some sort of garden happening around the side yard that the dog won't lie in . (pointy things that will grow in shade!)
• Revamp my herbs in pots - fertilise and replace any past their prime.
• Investigate the cost of new cupboard doors for the kitchen
• Repair the wonky leg in the dining table.
• Paint the dining table legs white.
• Paint my rocking chair, the TV stand and the pine chest in the lounge room white.
• Finish the paint effects on the coffee table in the patio.
• Clean the patio and carport ceilings.
• Paint the front door something dramatic.
• Reinstall my stained glass window in the bathroom.
• Have an ornament/nick nack cull
• Recover/replace the lamp shades in the lounge, my bedroom and the craft/spare room.
• Thin out the plants in the front garden, prune and generally tidy a bit.
• Get a vege garden going again.
• Replace broken/ rotting garden edging

I'm sure there are things I have forgotten. I know that not everything on this list will be accomplished. I am anticipating that other things will crop up that need attending to. But it's a start of a plan!