One House/Garden Home Improvement a Day Challenge

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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?

Good morning

Right, number 1 on my list is done, I can pick up boxes from the butcher in the morning when he has sorted some out for me.

Just on my way for new mop and bucket now after dropping my girls off.

Slightlydamp I would charity shop them after four years trying to return

Dp also has a job today...put lightbulb in dd2's bedroom and hopefully run four bags from yesterday to the charity shop

I've found the bag of apples DS picked up from the garden two weeks ago and washed/peeled/chopped them all.

Not impressive, but about time -- and cooking apples smell lovely.

Morning all. Am too cold to want to do much more than snuggle under a blanket MNing this morning. I will get going soon though.

Charity shop run, lightbulb and cupboards done.

Depending on how active my small whirlwind is after nursery I might do the top cupboards this afternoon too now I'm on with it.

Hopefully the house will be reasonably sorted by Christmas if I can keep on at this rate!

Charity shop run also done! Plus I picked up a picture that had been at the framers and have hung it. :)

Top cupboards done (another charity shop bag filled from bottom ones and quite a bit of manky looking stuff that's just been hanging round dumped). Veg rack cleaned and the little bit of floor under the worktop it slots under cleaned. One side of worktops cleared down of unnecessary shite.

Think that'll do for today unless I get a sudden burst of enthusiasm for setting up two DD's that the forms have been stuck to the fridge forever for, and letter writing. We shall see what time it is when I get sat down tonight.

Plan for tomorrow is:

1. Pick up boxes from butcher
2. Clear space filled with shite under worktop, clean floor, bin yet more shite
3. Clear down windowsil of accumulated shite

Tomorrow is bathroom cleaning day anyway (yep, I do certain jobs on certain days )so will aim to clear out the medicine cabinet and return anything lurking around that should be in there

Well I'm having a good day with toys.
2 large boxes to go in th loft. (dh needed for that.)
"playroom" nearly sorted.

Mmmmm apples. Good job ancelottie

Busy ppl here today.

Pictures! Thanks, SlightlyDamp, I had some reframed months ago and they need hanging. Tomorrow's job, I think.

Over the past two days I have:

Charity bag gone and another one started
All the bags full of stuff in the hall cupboard have been emptied
Arm chair moved into the conservatory
Rock band instruments cleaned ready to go in the loft
Car decluttered and restocked

And most importantly DH is not under the patio because we don't have one after finding out about Operation 365 and saying it doesn't actually look like I've done much!

Good morning all!

Well restrained, Secret!

Today I have two sets of Dr appointment for various children/relatives, but hope to clear all our dressers from assorted clutter and crap. I am sure the flea treatments for the pets do not need to be sitting on mine for a start!

Good morning

Number 1 on my list not done this morning - butcher closed until tomorrow so will pick up boxes then.

Just nipping to Asda for milk and then off home to clear windowsil and clear out the space under the worktop and the kitchen will be as sorted as it can be in our house

Yesterday was a shopping day. We bought a new shed which should arrive next week, some coat pegs which were put up that very evening and some storage. I wanted to be sure I did something more hands on for 365 so in the evening I rummaged around in the spare room and filled a bin bag with rubbish, which is waiting for the bin men as I type.

Looking down my list I've been keeping I can see so many smaller projects which have really added up over the past couple of weeks. I now make better use of spare time to do something for Op 365.

Now off to work in the garden...

Kitchen window done it's amazing how much brighter it is with clean windows and no clutter . Quick break then on with under the worktop.

Will wipe the tiles and rest of door fronts down this afternoon then that's the kitchen properly done & onto the living room tomorrow - should be a one day job, maybe two if I fart around with the fish tank too

I went out to take DC3 to the GP, and met my neighbour's window cleaner. A quick discussion, and by the time I came back he had done my windows too all for £18.00!

Yay!

Off to the next GP appointment. Wonder if I will come back and find the house has been miraculously re-painted!

you must have a lot of windows Slightlydamp Our window cleaner only charges a fiver for front and back!

The space under the worktop is now clean and tidy, the floor under all the crap cleaned and another bag of assorted useless shite that I have no idea why we kept it in the bin.

Off for the smallest from nursery and then back to clear the sides, clean the many many tiles in the kitchen, clean the bathroom and put a load of tea towels in the wash.

Feels quite good to finally get round to fitting in so much of the cleaning/clearing out/tidying that desperately wants doing it probably helps that I am not wasting my life away on mn too

No, not especially *lucysmam'. . Do you think I got ripped off? Bog Standard mid terrace. So, two bays at front, plus landing plus front door, and the equivalent out the back. We are down south though in a fairly comfortable area.

Bugger. Maybe next time I will ring around and get quotes. Years ago when we had more disposable income I had someone who charged me £30 and turned up every month (DH working at home, me out of the house) for months although I had booked him just as a one-off before the ILs came to stay. It was when DH commented casually that he had paid for the window cleaner - about 8 months later that I twigged the guy had been coming monthly and told DH that is what I had arranged with him, which it was emphatically not.

I'd get some quotes Slightlydamp, maybe it's just more expensive where you are though. I'm in Yorkshire

I'm almost too ashamed to say what I've been up to, my house is such a disgrace. I have cleared all my crap from under the bed and bedroom floor, and started another charity bag.

On the normal housework front, I have washed, dried and ironed two lots of washing.

It doesn't sound to me like you were ripped off Wellies

Yesterday I did a charity shop run.

really need to talk to local builder about guttering.

Good morning

Two jobs done so far: bag of books my girls have outgrown taken to school and boxes picked up from butcher. The small one is currently playing with the boxes so they haven't yet reached their destination of under dd1's bed until next week when I plan to get on with sorting the airing cupboard.

Just about to tidy kitchen and wash brekky pots then make a start on living room & take down nets for a wash.

I've been round with a broom and swiped the cobwebs off all the ceilings while waiting in for a delivery.

Suspect they'll all be back by tomorrow with some very offended spiders sitting in them.

Living room thoroughly cleaned, I went through all the drawers a month or two back so they're not too bad...just a couple of mags to bin. Net in there is down, just dining one to get dp to take down when he gets back because I can't reach.

Need to hoover cobwebs and wipe down woodwork next but going to make a first I think.

Sofa and chair need stripping too but they will have to wait for a day when there isn't a lot of washing to do - I'm working my way through two baskets atm despite having done uniform washes for dd and dp earlier this week so this didn't happen

Everyone sounds like they are doing loads. I've done nothing last few days! Been busy shopping for Xmas as I feel very disorganised this year. Have some shopping done now so will do a sort out next week and see what else is needed.

DH has gone to buy cyclamens to plant in pots and a bed outside kitchen window.

I need to remake bed as I stripped it this morning. Have a couple of bags I can get rid of this afternoon. DS's outgrown uniform and a back for the clothes recycling box. Still haven't finished my desk. Might do that this afternoon.