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?

Weetabix, I need a lie down just reading your list lol

Well I didn't get my garden sorted as the whether was bad, so I started on the kitchen cupboards, taking everything out, cleaning, then putting everything back in a nice, orderly fashion. Got 3 done and looking good.

Also gave the bath an absolute blitz and scrubbed the bathroom floor.

I'm at work tomorrow so don't know if I'll get much done, but I want to finish my kitchen cupboards off, 4 more to go.

Marking my place so I can come back and read later and. Fr inspired!

I got a box sorted. It was a stackable plastic tub full of assorted Stuff.

Box of light bulbs put with other light bulbs in utility room. Assorted Allan keys and spanners in shed. Tub of bubbles ready to go to Gsons tomorrow.
Vintage sun cream in bin. Two digital thermometers in medicine cupboard. Tablet crusher in Dog's tub. Two boxes of bicarbonate of soda in kitchen cupboard. Manky old sponge in bin. Single plaster. Quantity of codeine phosphate- ready to go to pharmacy for safe disposal tomorrow.

It also contained some old medicaments belonging to a daughter who happened to be visiting, so I was able to ask her if she wanted any of it, before binning it.

"Tube of haemorrhoid cream?"

"Bottle of lactulose?"

"Tube of another kind of bum-stuff?"

Tube of canasten? Surely you want that?"

Apparently not. I had no idea my DD had had so many embarrassing afflictions.

WTF were we thinking, putting this weird assortment of things into a tub and storing it in the spare-ish room. Can't wait to find what else we've got in there.

Plastic tub washed out and now neatly packed with the stuff we do actually want.

I have achieved!

Omg! Where has this thread been all my life? Can I join please?!?!

I've a lady coming to measure my windows in my bedroom and ensuite tmr for new blinds... I've been putting this off for 2 years!

I've loads of little and big jobs to do!

NameoftheRose - that is a good achievement! One box down!

Weetabix - I break it down too. Esp windows. Hate doing them. Although got a call today and my outside window cleaners are coming tomorrow! May inspire me to do the insides!

Hi all.

Just had a PM from SlightlyDampWellies. She is well but can't post last couple of days. I know others had problem too so let her know and hopefully she will be able to sort it and be back soon. If anyone else is having problems posting there is a thread in SiteStuff - Internet Explorer isn't working for some people.

I'm having a lazy day today. Woke up at 1.55am and have been awake since so am shattered. Just doing the bare minimum today. If I finish drawer I will be happy.

I am having a cheating day again. I'm very busy with work today so have just put a cleaner through the dishwasher. not much of a job but every little helps.

I love this thread.
Today I have cleaned the patio windows, back door and back windows. We also scrubbed the decking and took all rubbish to the car for the tip.

Tomorrow I need to plant pots, scrub bathroom, cut back garden plants, go to tip.

I'm amazed how much it had improved things and shows me not to always focus on the tidying and general cleaning. The windows have been the biggest revelation, the house looks so much better for a clear view and great light.

Haven't had a chance to read thread fully yet, but want to mark my place:)
Got my old cooker disconnected yesterday, new cooker arriving tomorrow so need to scrub area that old cooker has hidden for last 15 years!

well done NameoftheRose - one box down!

day 6 - I'm nursing a half numb face (hatehatehate going to the dentist). Managed to get the rest of the kitchen skirting board done & the other chair sanded ready for painting :) If I'm feeling energetic later (probably not) I'll try & finish the ds's bedroom. Or not ;)

tomorrow - need to make dd1's birthday cake but would like to get the chair painted really.

6/365 working today but managed to clear out and clean 2 kitchen cupboards while fixing dinner, happy with that also a pile (or 2!) of washing put away. We're all doing fantastic, well done everyone...only trouble is, when someone achieves something it's a reminder to me that I should do it too, so list is getting longer lol

Plan for weekend is to 'winterise' the cars and garden and will aim to do a couple of kitchen cupboards each night for rest of the week.

I am back! Thanks Cider for directing me to sitestuff and helping em fix the problem of not being able to post. I have been reading and feeling like a ghost yelling in people's ears as I was trying to post but no-one could hear me!

People have been doing so many tasks! I confess, with my lack of being able to post I also had a lack of home improvement enthusiasm. . Yesterday I cleaned all the windows and mirrors. Today I booked my friend;s ds to come and mow the lawn. That is it.

Back to it tomorrow.

Welcome back SlightlyDamp! I cam imagine it was really frustrating being 'shut out'!

I didn't achieve much today although the drawer is now empty! I now have a random collection of items with no homes on the worktop but the drawer is actually empty!

Window cleaners came today so outside is nice and clean. I think I will concentrate on cleaning the insides next. Although won't get much done tomorrow as I am off out on a shopping trip and lunch with a friend. It's house related so God knows what I will come back with!

So the paperwork is sorted into piles (eg utilities; banking etc) and is just waiting to be hole punched and filed, something I'll do in front of the TV tomorrow. I have also sorted out the study, binned a load of paperwork, shredded another stack of paperwork and generally got a bit more on top of things.
I wiped the marks of the paintwork in the hall and DS' bedroom yesterday and hope to do our bedroom & DD's tomorrow.
I have also done a list of all of the admin/people I need to chase, for example, get a handyman around to do a few things; get a gardener around to dig up a stump.

And another list of the things I want to buy. New curtains for the spare bedroom, some cushions for the sitting room etc.
At this rate, I may have my dream home by Christmas...only for it to get buried in a sea of new toys and wrapping paper! I'll also be looking wobblier as doing all of these things means I haven't done my exercise DVD yet this week.

Oh dear didn't manage much yesterday as was running around like a blue arsed fly for the majority of the day, managed to change the bed and detach and clean the spray heads in the dishwasher that's it. But the steam cleaner and shoe rack have arrived so today I will put together the shoe rack and sort out all the odd shoes and boots in the cloakroom. Tomorrow I am going to tackle the grout in the shower room with said new cleaner and then re-grout the side of the shower where it's leaking.

Day 7 of Operation365!

I like the idea of doing paperwork in front of the tv Covered!

I have a manic day today so plan to just sort my cookbooks which are scattered over 3 rooms (bedroom, sitting room and kitchen). I will charity shop the ones I really do not use.

Hugely busy day yesterday and mostly out, so I thought I'd get nothing done. But in the evening instead of collapsing on the sofa I girdled my loins and got some stuff done.

I ventured in the cluttered spare room and gathered up assorted items to be put away properly. Bottle of plant food in shed, light bulbs (more light bulbs) with others in cupboard and so on.

Also piled some dug out nettles into brown bin and dragged said bin up garden. So heavy I could barely move it. I had to do all this in the rain and dark, with the assistance of my trusty spaniel.I had no gardening gloves on, but my hands have stopped tingling now.

Determined to have a bit more done on 365/2 I then went into the alleged study, making my way past the large roll of hose, the car battery, the TV packaging and a few other random obstacles, gathered up the big pile of post and went through it all. Satisfyingly large pile of empty envelopes etc for the recycle bin and some post to deal with.

I probably wouldn't have done either the post or the spare room sorting if it wasn't for this thread. Yay thread..

Haven't posted or done much for a day it two due to unexpected overtime . Yesterday I repaired the living room blinds that dd4 broke and I gave the kitchen a good clean .

Tioday I will declutter the hall and continue sorting through the second living room this may take several days !

I have a huge scary list if jobs to do and this thread is keep ping me focused with 6 kids and a job am far to easily distracted .

Another good day.
Took the rubbish to the tip.
Bought winter flowers and planted up tubs and pots.
Cut down font garden.
Removed random bits from garden and tidied it all away.

Garden looks great now and I've enjoyed a change to the usual routine.

Need to
clean boot room
Hoover upstairs.
Scrub bathroom
Look at curtains for altering. Maybe cut them down ready for stitching this evening.

Hello everyone. Great idea, I definitely get more things done when I have any kind of deadline (inviting people over for a meal is usually what gets me tidying up!). I'm doing another kind of 30 day challenge at the moment and while the 365 day thing is a great target I think it could become overwhelming. What about just trying to think of the ONE thing each day you want to get done and then just do the next thing you need to to achieve that. So, if you want to repaint the skirting boards, which won't get done in a day, you could just make sure you have everything you need to do that - paint, masking tape, carpet protection etc.

So don't worry too much about an ever-expanding to-do list.

Oh, and I have done a dump run and sorted through my fabrics box to give some to a friend who is running puppet making workshops. Been meaning to do that for aaages!

I know I'm really late, but can I join you? I promise to tack on a week at the end to make up for it.

I'm so overwelhmed with sorting our house, DH has invited both families to ours for Christmas and has a week long course just before Christmas, I look around and all I see is chaos and don't know where to begin. Our DS's room and downstairs toilet are the only finished rooms in the house, there are loads of jobs (mostly started by DH) half finished.

In the spirit of the thread, in the past week I have sorted out my clothes drawers and made a charity pile, vacuum packed my maternity clothes and all clothes DS has grown out of and decluttered my car. Today I have cleared under the coffee table and will put away the Halloween decs that DH took down but left on the side.

Didnt get anything done yesterday as by the time id finished work, done the kids tea and bathtime etc i was ready to collapse, i was exhausted.

Today i took the old pran to the tip and a few other bits and pieces plus went into town and done some christmas shopping.

Tomorrow im working 7am-3pm. Going to clean the rabbit hutch out after work

*pram