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?

Lucysmam - you are doing really well.

Nameoftherose - I'm exhausted thinking about that lot!

DH did our garden stuff yesterday - planted cyclamens, primroses and pansies. I made hm a coffee!

I did do the understairs cupboard yesterday. And did a list of things to do today. None of which got done as I ended up going to Bristol shopping with DS instead! We have a sneaky day off school Xmas shopping every year (don't tell anyone!) and for various reasons today suddenly ended up being the day. It's also DH's birthday so I have spent th afternoon cooking his requested dinner.

I'm impressed lucysmum, although I have spent a fair amount of time wondering what a lemsip chair is. A chair where you sit and drink lemsip (are you Andrew Motion?). Or a lemsip-coloured chair?

Don't worry Cider, your unauthorised absence is a secret between you, me and the rest of this thread. And the rest of Mumsnet. And the entire Internet. Your secret is safe.
Hope it was a fun day.

As I, too, felt exhausted I didn't so much as pick up a garden fork today. Instead I thoroughly vacuumed room DD3 & GD1 stayed in til recently. Hauled out the furniture and everything. Happily the spilt powder blusher just vacuumed right off the lovely new carpet ,

Also sorted out a bin bag of charity shop donations which will hopefully go tomorrow.

And not surprisingly, after hauling out furniture in her former room, found some more of DD3's belongings including an earring I swear I've already given her several times. Is this Groundhog Day? That would certainly account for a lot.

On handing over DD3's stuff I intend to channel my maternal Grandmama " All these belongings, young lady, where will it end? When you end up on "Hoarders"? Hmmmm? You' ll rue the day you ever began accumulating this clutter.Lay up your treasure in heaven where moth and rust don't corrupt etc etc".

The old 'dear' probably hasn't been channelled for many a year and it will give some vent to my feelings.

Hey.
Well, the roofer had a look and has given us a date to start fixing stuff.
And we've all been busy organising stuff, moving on with things stuff, just not 365 stuff.

NameoftheRose....do you remember the lempsi ad from years ago where the woman made the lemsip, sat in the chair & the chair sort of grew round her into the comfiest looking big chair ever? That's my big chair....'tis fabulous!

I like the sound of a chair that does the work for you. I've been sitting in this recliner for an hour and haven't yet summoned up the energy to recline it.

Lucysmam that is one fab sounding chair.

DH moved the tumble dryer into the conservatory so we can actually start using the pantry for its intended use, although I seem to just have found more stuff to sort out. Where did it all come from?

Ive also passed on some text books.

Although I know I have been making a difference, it doesn't seem like it and the house isn't looking any better

Morning all.

Day 26 Operation365.

I did regular house stuff yesterday. Today I plan to replace the broken table lamp on the hall table.

Morning all. Brrrrr. Freezing here this morning. Been out twice. DH to station at 7 and DS to school at 8. Currently eating toast and drinking tea and contemplating what to do. Having been out yesterday I have lots of regular stuff to do. Washing, etc. also some admin stuff. My 365 task will be to take some stuff to the charity shop. And clear off some shelves in the kitchen. It's my cookbook overflow and it's filthy.

Sofa and big chair arms upholstery foamed, didn't get round to stripping sofa though because I spent the morning at my best mates catching up.

Will do that tomorrow along with the airing cupboard of doom so I can get to decs and hide the dolls prams that are currently hidden in plain sight in our bedroom How they haven't been spotted I don't know!!

Good morning! Well, the hall table lamp makes all the difference to what was a rather dark and dingy corner. :) I am delighted.

Today I am buying 3 more cyclamen, as my attempt to grow hostas in pots over the summer failed miserably). So I will replant those pots with white cyclamen....

I also plan to sort out the kitchen cupboards which are a riot of glassware, novels, and assorted spanner and screwdrivers.

Today I will -

Sort out the downstairs toys and books

It's airing cupboard of doom day ....I may be gone a while

first though I think!

Am hoping there's not too much rubbish as I still have a bag of kitchen junk to go in the big bin when it's empty later

Hi, Can I join too? Been trying to do flylady but it doesn't solve the backlog of long term projects.

4 bedroom Victorian house with 60ft garden, and husband working from home takes another bedroom. 3 dcs, 3 cats.

Kitchen just moved to another room in the house, and we are still dealing with fallout in the playroom/old kitchen..

Today I am hoping to plant five plants in front garden which is looking like a rubbish dump post builders. Planted bulbs on Sunday so that is something, but garden needs a massive overhaul as it could look sooo much better in the back if I just moved some evergreens around (my kitchen view is now garden rather than fence)

Also want to put all the sewing craft stuff in the drawers I bought from B & Q and move it from upstairs to old playroom so dd can use it whenever she fancies a project.

So GARDEN and SEWING ORGANISATION

Airing cupboard of doom almost done...not much to either bin or charity shop tbh. Just needed a tidy up I think. Need a couple more boxes so I can tidy up some bits and bobs of old college work I've kept (no idea why? Might bin after Christmas) and some decent storage of some sort for Christmas decs when they go away this year (have slung everything we're not using in one box, if it doesn't get used next year I'll charity shop useable bits and bin the rest).

Sofa covers in the washer....I took a break before starting to put boxes back.

Might start on the understairs cupboard that's been hit by a tornado when I'm done putting back...need to charity shop dd1's old dolly pram though & she'll likely moan when she gets in if I'm in that cupboard

Everything now back in cupboard...cushion covers waiting to be hung out when I get in from picking up dd2. Just a huge pack of loo roll to squeeze in the cupboard when we get back.

Going to nip into both charity shops and see if one wants a sofa.

And then start black-bagging rubbish in the under the stairs cupboard.

Quite productive lately

Downstairs cupboard de-junked and charity shop stuff now lined up neatly in there. First charity shop I went into jumped at the mention of the sofa and gave me a number to arrange for it and two buggys to be picked up. Also found a yoga mat so going to return that to its owner tomorrow and have text my dad & dp's mum to see if they want back the bits of their stuff lurking about.

If not then bin it is....really need a tip run but don't know anyone who'd do it (my dad is just a touch pfb about his car )

Over the past two days I have:

Taken bag to the charity shop
Bleached five muslins
Labelled chargers
Charged cameras ready for Christmas!

I definitely need to join though may start in earnest on 1st December so I can do a 335 day challenge and keep on track with everyone else.

Our place - 3-bed semi with very recent extension to give us a shower room and toilet downstairs. It's DH's family home and although I've lived here for 11 years (and given birth in the living room!) it hasn't ever felt like my home too. Extension has changed that quite a lot and I want to capitalise on it and try and make it all feel like mine.

2 adults, 2 DC, 2 cats and slightly less chaos than before thanks to Flylady thread (hello Swan)

Today's job - put cupboard on Freegle

Summer toys are now in the loft.

Moving out with the DCs today for a week so the decorating can be done.
Does that count?

Bleaching muslins sounds satisfying.

Todays jobs are to return friends yoga mat, arrange collection of sofa and if I get to it, clean the front door thoroughly on the inside.

Got to nip to sorting office first though for a parcel I missed on Tuesday morning while I was in town

Yoga mat returned, no answer on number lady in charity shop gave me so will try again when I get in & clean the door too (forgot it's film club night so have an extra hour before picking up dd1 from school).

Just need to decide on toys to charity shop but I feel a bit tight doing it

Having said that, the house is looking better for a couple of long put off jobs being done each day so ty for this thread

Back again ...front door has now been cleaned...was just a touch minging

Just tried charity shop number again too...still no answer there. If I don't get through I may just trek it round the corner with dp if he isn't working on Saturday (How heavy can a sofa be, right )

Yesterday:

• Put cupboard on Freegle and got LOTS of response. Hopefully it will be gone by the w/e
• Gave bag of DS's old clothes to friend

Today:

• Take huge poster of DD age 3 (now 10) to get it framed - was used to advertise a community event in about 2006!