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?

Hi all. Am still here. Didn't manage anything on Operation365 today. Have been cooking and ironing and washing and changing beds.

Yesterday I managed to clear a shelf on a small unit in our dining area. It was a pile of Xmas magazines from last year! Went through thm and pulled out a couple of recipes to keep and the rest is in the recycling pile.

I buy far too many magazines. Esp at Xmas. Have piles everywhere. Have been gradually getting rid though.

Mostly a shopping day for me...in preparation for next project - main bedroom. Put up wee light in my cupboard/wardrobe...now waiting on guy coming to measure up for bedroom blinds!

We have a lovely big pile of wood from the weekend's efforts and today I ordered new lamps for outside the front door and a new parcel bin so that I don't have to spend half my life trecking to the post office to pick up parcels.

Today I sorted out a laundry basket of assorted stuff one of my children left behind when he moved out 18 months ago.
Loads of paperwork recycled/ shredded. A lamp which needs a new shade put to one side. I'll pick up a new shade this week then DS3 can have it.

Out of the whole lot, only a pair of boots, pair of gloves and a hat, wanted by DS1. The rest, apart from lamp has gone. Even the laundry basket is broken and will go to the dump.

Tonight 2nd van load of DD's belongings will be removed from my house and taken to hers. I think she was rather hoping to choose the bits she wanted and leave the rest for me to dispose of.
She might as well get the hang of decluttering sooner than later.

I cleaned my kitchen and utility windowsills today, then tidied and cleaned the worktops in both too. DH didnt notice what I've done but sod kt, it makes me smile to see it clean at last.

Day 11 - extra job was hanging a picture ... pitiful ;) Also lots of laundry & dd2 to doctor, spoke to vet, emails to school, sorted rectcling etc ... beans on toast for dinner.

Tomorrow I want to make a draft excluder for the front door.

I finally hung the kitchen and dining room curtains that my niece made for me months ago! To be fair to me, dh only finished putting up the poles yesterday.

They look fab :)

Not sure I'll get anything extra done tomorrow. Working all day and ds is at piano and scouts so its full on.

I might try to scour a charity shop or 2 at lunchtime for some picture frames.

Feeling very sorry for myself having caught DH's cold and been up half the night with DS, my rather feeble attempts for today were to order new bins, as two of ours are broken, and to wash and dry the blankets we keep on the sofa.

Hi all,

Day 12 of Operation365. I did not do the shoe rack yesterday, but that will be today. Yesterday I cleaned the window sills in the kitchen and put little glass vases on them with flowers. it looks nice. :)

Tonorrow the tree surgeon is coming to fell our poor old diseased chestnut. I am trying to resist thinking that because I will pay him that this means I have done a job!

casters are a great idea for shoe racks. [muses]. I like the idea of being able to move them easily. Thanks better

Today delivered yet more things to DD3, should be the last of it. Took a boot load to the dump.

Tomorrow, garden project.

12/365 - nothing, nada, zilch, zero ... lol busy day at work though!!

12/365 - sat in bed with puking dd2. Managed to make but not stuff draught excluder (puking child), also painted peg rail.

Nothing achieved here either today. But that's ok! We will have days like that. Trick is to not give up.

I did drive to Bristol and back (2 hours in total) to collect a present for DH that I bought on eBay. So excited by it. We have a fairly normal surname but a less common spelling. There used to be a brewery with same name and spelling and I spotted an old metal sign from the brewery in a magazine over two years ago, I have been looking for one since. And on Sunday I found one! Bid and won. It's a bit dusty and dirty but I will give it a clean. It's also bigger than I thought!

Aww Ciderwithbuda that's such a thoughtful gift, I'm sure he will love it.

Today I sorted out my toiletries for Project Shoebox, shout out to Mogz fir the suggestion, massive cleaout so now I only have stuff I will actually use.

Gah, can't type, for not fir!

Hallo , late joiner here

Have a falling down farmhouse that we moved into about 18 months ago .
DS is away from home at Uni , DD is in 6th form , DH and I run our own business and we have 11 chickens .

We're having DS old bedroom decorated , ( its a granny annexe type add on to the house ) so we can do B & B .
So we need to sort that out as soon as the paint is dry

Today I cleaned swept all the leaves out of the conservatory , hoovered through downstairs and c.leaned the kitchen rug the old fashioned way , on my hands and knees with a scrubbing brush and the 1001 .

Tomorrow I'm on a course , but I'm sure I can squeeze an extra job in tomorrow evening .

Will make a list and keep it on the iPad ( already have one from when we moved in , need to update it )

Chlorinella you have just described my dream house!!!!! Farmhouse, chickens, B&B. sigh.

Cider that is a great gift!

A friend on another thread I am on told me she is doing a 30 bag for 30 days challenge- so you chuck one bag of junk a day. I like the sound of that very much. Unfortunately though DH is a real hoarder so I am not entirely sure I can get away with that!!!!!

slightlydampwellies it's a lovely house , but it needs a lot of work , which means a lot of money , which sadly we don't have !

I did a 40 bags in 40 days for lent . It was really useful . Doesn't have to be a big bag . I did my chest of drawers , 5 drawers = 5 days .

Google it ! There is an American lady who does a fantastic blog , I think it's something like black house white shutters .

The 40 bags for 40 days sounds like a good addition to this thread for me, I can target each area and get at least one bag of clutter gone.

I really want to do this but have no time after day to day stuff, work and kids

I did 40 bags for Lent with a group of friends - it completely transformed the house - liberating!

13/365 - dd is still puking, dh is fitting new kitchen taps this afternoon, I'm counting that as my job.

13/365 and I am definitely going to count paying the tree surgeon as my job as I simply have no time for anything else!

Oh me too me too please.

Me: 1 DH (very messy) 2 DCs (quite small. No help whatsoever )
Still on mat leave.

Off top of head I would say I need to:
Arrange for decorator to look at work that needs doing to finish place off nicely after extension.
Clear out unwanted clothes - ongoing.
Wash dining room curtains.
force pursuade DH to put up a hook so I can hang a calendar.
Buy a foot plate for my ginormous bath so I can lay down in it without drowning. (assuming I ever get time to actually have a relaxing bath)
Reclaim my desk in DH's office so that I have access to a useful desktop and in-tray.

Other tasks will emerge.

Today I sorted out my underwear drawers (drawers drawers??) and threw out ill- fitting and laundry- worn garments.

And yes, Wellies paying the tree surgeon does count.

Tree surgeon paid, and he had to move a lot of garden furniture in order to access the tree and they are nicely stacked away.

And DH without prompting (he is in the dark about the challenge) has put up a couple more pics.

And my DFather who is staying offered to put together another older shoe rack so I will be able to rescue the rather nice toy boxes I have been using and re-use them as actual toy boxes. .

So, in short, I am delegating my tasks on this challenge, and I like it!

Tomorrow I plan to clean the garden furniture and then paint them with wood treatment before the winter.

It's all good. :)