good morning!
lately i've been thinking about my plans for 'projects' for the warm/warmer seasons of 2018.
so for today's Question of the Day --
Do you have any projects in mind for 2018? (can be reorganizing, moving furniture in your home/redecorating, home improvements, crafts, lawn/garden, making a shelter for stray or feral cats, or (if you're like i am) ways to make things a bit easier as we get older, and etc)
i'll start!
i have several projects in mind for 2018!
first, i'll be installing two new pieces of cat wall furniture. one is a piece that requires (due to my 1880's house and it's peculiarities) installing two sets of probably three planks of lumber, cut to appropriate length and then painted, for the cat wall furniture to be attached to. the other, i'll need to create the piece of cat wall furniture, prep and stain it, then install it into (again) some planks of painted lumber.
i've also got in mind putting in a more permanent and attractive...retaining wall around my strawberry patch. i'm thinking to use attractive stone retaining wall blocks, the kind with the two holes through them (similar to cinder blocks), and use rebar (through those two holes in the blocks) as an extra measure to secure them in place. currently, there's the old wood planks with rebars to hold it all in place set up that the previous owners put in. however, the wood is disintegrating now, so i'm looking for a relatively permanent solution that also looks good. those retaining wall blocks are quite costly, so this project may well need to wait until the warm season of 2019, in which case i'd simply switch out the disintegrating planks with new ones for the warm season of 2018.
and then there's what i'm thinking will be the 'big' project. i'll be converting the long 'coat' type closet in my downstairs hallway next to the kitchen, into a pantry and linens/clothing closet (it's also just a few steps from my one and only bathroom, so works well for me to keep my towels and clothing in it). i plan on putting in wood shelving, painted, and have a plan for separating the pantry shelving side from the linens/clothing shelving side. these plans make this closet space much more space-efficient, and will also look much more attractive. i may be able to complete this project in 2018, but it's entirely possible it'll need to be finished in 2019.
this winter i'll be planning these projects carefully, and by spring of 2018 i should have it all worked out and ready to start on the projects.
i'll also be purchasing a two-shelved cart with wheels. my plan is to use this to stack the clean and folded laundry on, and then simply roll it over to the linens/clothing closet and put things on the shelves. the current routine is to fold pieces of clean laundry individually, then walk over to the closet and put them on the shelves individually -- more 'to do' than necessary. the cart idea is something that will make things easier for me as i get older.
how about you?
lately i've been thinking about my plans for 'projects' for the warm/warmer seasons of 2018.
so for today's Question of the Day --
Do you have any projects in mind for 2018? (can be reorganizing, moving furniture in your home/redecorating, home improvements, crafts, lawn/garden, making a shelter for stray or feral cats, or (if you're like i am) ways to make things a bit easier as we get older, and etc)
i'll start!
i have several projects in mind for 2018!
first, i'll be installing two new pieces of cat wall furniture. one is a piece that requires (due to my 1880's house and it's peculiarities) installing two sets of probably three planks of lumber, cut to appropriate length and then painted, for the cat wall furniture to be attached to. the other, i'll need to create the piece of cat wall furniture, prep and stain it, then install it into (again) some planks of painted lumber.
i've also got in mind putting in a more permanent and attractive...retaining wall around my strawberry patch. i'm thinking to use attractive stone retaining wall blocks, the kind with the two holes through them (similar to cinder blocks), and use rebar (through those two holes in the blocks) as an extra measure to secure them in place. currently, there's the old wood planks with rebars to hold it all in place set up that the previous owners put in. however, the wood is disintegrating now, so i'm looking for a relatively permanent solution that also looks good. those retaining wall blocks are quite costly, so this project may well need to wait until the warm season of 2019, in which case i'd simply switch out the disintegrating planks with new ones for the warm season of 2018.
and then there's what i'm thinking will be the 'big' project. i'll be converting the long 'coat' type closet in my downstairs hallway next to the kitchen, into a pantry and linens/clothing closet (it's also just a few steps from my one and only bathroom, so works well for me to keep my towels and clothing in it). i plan on putting in wood shelving, painted, and have a plan for separating the pantry shelving side from the linens/clothing shelving side. these plans make this closet space much more space-efficient, and will also look much more attractive. i may be able to complete this project in 2018, but it's entirely possible it'll need to be finished in 2019.
this winter i'll be planning these projects carefully, and by spring of 2018 i should have it all worked out and ready to start on the projects.
i'll also be purchasing a two-shelved cart with wheels. my plan is to use this to stack the clean and folded laundry on, and then simply roll it over to the linens/clothing closet and put things on the shelves. the current routine is to fold pieces of clean laundry individually, then walk over to the closet and put them on the shelves individually -- more 'to do' than necessary. the cart idea is something that will make things easier for me as i get older.
how about you?