One House/Garden Home Improvement a Day Challenge

[BloodiedGhouloshes]

Does anyone want to join?

I seem to get bogged down in the day to day grind of keeping the house running and never have time to do the stuff I want to do.

I have so many projects I want to get done... from small (washing curtains!) to large- renovating the kitchen/conservatory and the back garden into a patio.

I thought if I made it an imperative to do something each day, by the time one year is up this place will be transformed.

My place... mid-terrace Victorian. 3 Dcs. 3 dogs 2 cats. Total chaos.

Today I:

1. bought from the local charity shop 5 little cut glass tiny vases of varying heights and put roses in them and bundled them together 'artfully' on the mantelpiece.

1. strung fairy lights up our bannister.

Okay- it's two things. :)

Tomorrow I plan to repot some plants before winter.

Anyone want to join the 365 day challenge?

Yes please this is exactly what I need to keep my focus .

Tomorrow I need to shift the children's new beds upstairs and paint my hall x

Right. Tomorrow. I am going to empty and clean three window sill pots. Then replant them with cyclamen... (they are winter flowering plants, is that right? I am a bit ignorant).

Haven't a clue google it . X

Oh I will! Tiny Victorian terrace which we've slowly gutted & re-built over the last 10 years. 4 kids, 2 cats, 2 rabbits & 3 chickens (

Ooh, I'll join! Moved to new (well, new to us) house end Feb this year. So far I've gutted DS room and replaced shower with bath and....that's all! Really struggling to get on top of things

Will start tomorrow by getting Halloween decs down!

I've started my 'getting house ready for Xmas' list. This weekend I'm decluttering, cleaning and painting the kitchen.

Ooh, MrPricklepants said the C word!!! What a thought..eek!!

Sorry... But it's 8 weeks away. I have to Declutter ready to add new Clutter!

Good morning! Bloodied (the OP) here taking my new post-Halloween nn for a ride.

I am SO glad to see people joining!! Thank you. :)

I also have started a Xmas list..... have decided on a colour theme this year for the decs as it makes it easier- dark green, white and silver. Hence the fairy lights on the bannister. DH reminded me this morning that it is still a little way away yet!

Anyway- off to B&Q in about 30 minutes for my cyclamens... white ones. DH asked why we could not go tomorrow and I said that no, we absolutely had to go today. I am doing something else tomorrow!

I'm sticking with colours from last year...plum/purple and silver. Having moved house have room for a much bigger tree, but budget won't allow Halloween decs all down and ready for the loft!

Sounds great - additionally to the boring jobs today Im going to transplant some cyclamen to a doorstep pot.
Other things on my list include
Hang up a plant properly
Wipe the staircase down
Clean woodwork
put up pictures

Ooh ooh I want to join! Today I'm going to rehang the pictures DH did a few weeks ago because he did them really badly and it's bloody annoying me.
Tomorrow I may rehang the ones he did last year. Also really badly.

ooeer!

Right, cyclamens are planted and look good. And while I was doing that I really 'saw' for the first time how much crap and rubbish we have in the garden. So tomorrow I am gathering up all the empty plastic pots, broken terracotta pots and other assorted junk and it is all going to the tip.

Will start monday

I so end this too. My problem is that I can never decide where to start. So I don't!

I'm on a getting ready from Xmas mission too. And we are about to buy a running machine so I need to get the space ready. It was a carport and we had it made into a sort of shed/garage/room. We call it the little house. It's a mess and I need to clear that. Which means selling an item of furniture and getting rid of a few other items. Garage also needs sorting and tidying.

I think I will start by making a list of what needs doing and thn start on Monday too.

Hi guys can I join too?

We have a big sprawling house with soooooo many jobs that need doing. It feels overwhelming so this will be great.

DH has been sent up into the loft to finish lining the roof with silver foil blankets stuff. I started it in April

I am going to interline the curtains in the tv room

Brilliant!!!! What great tasks everyone has!

I've just put the washing machine on a maintenance wash too. Two minute job that I never remember to do.

I am so on a roll. Have just booked a tree surgeon to come and deal with a long-dead horse chestnut tree that we have been meaning to get removed for about 2 years.

Evening all aren't we doing well!! Halloween decs away in loft...garden tidy up tomorrow if weather permits, if not, going to hit the hall! Wash down doors/woodwork/floor, tidy the 2 drawer units and the coat rack!!

I think I need to go and get some of these cyclamen tomorrow. Do they go in pots yes? Great thread just what I need.

I'd love to join you, we can make each other do stuff! So , where to start?? I have so much to do but never seem to achieve much!
However today I have made a pumpkin pie AND pumpkin cakes! Took ages! Hopefully they will be nice. We are running the coffee morning at church tomorrow so I thought I'd offer them round there. Seeing as my dh keeps saying he doesn't like pumpkins! Just need to work out what to do with the other half of the pumpkin, it was a very big one my Dad grew on the allotment.

MMmm....pumpkin pie.

I am certainly growing my cyclamen in pots.... I am no gardnener though. A few streets away there is a row of about 5 houses where they all seem to be competing with each other for lovely window planters. Cyclamen seems to be pretty common there so I am extremely hopeful that just for once I do not kill a plant off!

I am ready for my great big cleanup day. DH is going away for work this afternoon.... he hates and detests throwing anything out as apparently even broken plastic pots will come in useful so I am sneakily waiting for him to leave......