Ok, so I have decided I have had enough of living in a constantly "scruffy" house. I keep on top of basic cleaning/tidying (sometimes!) but house never looks good because of all those "little jobs" that need doing. You know the sort of thing: skirting boards need painting, lightshades (glass) need washing, walls need painting etc....
Now it may be only me who has been a general slattern for far too many years (and can only think about it now cause my youngest is 6 and I can finally turn my back on him for about 10 mins at a time!)and has so much of this stuff to do...but I thought a thread would inspire me to chip away at it bit by bit and wondered if anyone wanted to join?
I'm not going for show home standard here - just want to feel better about the house and to enjoy spending time in it. Will have to be done in stages due to time and money!
My list of what I've done over past 4/6 weeks:
Changed rusty shower rail in bathroom
bought new shower curtain
sorted airing cupboard and threw out scruffy towels
bought new towels
took down tatty mirror in bathroom
bought and put up nice new mirror in bathroom
took down stupid extendible mirror from en-suite and bought and put up lovely new mirror
bought some nice pot pouri for en-suite
bought new wardrobe and drawers for ds1 bedroom (and dh assmebled)
bought new cushions for lounge (others been washed far too many times!)
washed all walls and woodwork
and today I have:
re-painted blackboard wall in the hall
painted window sill and radiator in little ones room
Jobs still to do:
buy new chalk for blackboard wall
paint all ceilings(!)
fit new taps to bath (plumber coming Thursday yay!)
buy and fit new bath panel
find decent picture for dining room wall
find decent picture for bedroom wall
sand and repaint upstairs bannister
paint landing walls
buy new wardrobes for dd1 and 2 room
buy drawers for dd1 and 2
buy new desk for dd1
paint old desk to give to dd2
buy new desk and chair for ds1
paint lounge and bedrooms skirting boards
get lounge carpet cleaned
need new carpet for all of upstairs but not sure when funds will allow!
buy and fit door strip between lounge and dining room
finish painting front door ( has been half done for 6 months!)
paint another coat of floor paint on stairs
sure I'll think of more but it's a good list to start with. This will be a long term project over months/years but hoping it will keep me motivated not to just sit there moaning about how scruffy my house is!
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Going to de-scruffy my house. Anyone want to join me?
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hyperhops · 16/06/2014 12:10
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