My Home Ideas - since the blog idea is stolen....

Yes - i am not above borrowing / stealing good blog ideas, and my friend Jess comes up with (and borrows :grin: ) some good ones. I loved hers on all the things she wants to do with her house. It got me to thinking, about all the things we have done, and all the things we've yet to do. It's been 5 years, and we know we're going to be here a while - even if it's not our "forever dream home" - i want it as perfect as we can afford to get it.

So far we've:
- landscaped the front yard. Pulled out the ugly bushes in front of the bedroom window, put in a front porch, new plants and rock bordered the whole thing around the front
- put a deck on the back of the house
- landscaped the back flower gardens with rock
- created a back yard with grass!!
- pulled down all wallpaper in mater bathroom, had it textured and painted
- put in new towel racks in master bathroom
- pulled up linoleum in kitchen and put down tile
- pulled down wallpaper in kitchen, had it textured and painted
- put up window treatments in front and back living rooms
- painted front living room
- painted mater bedroom
- painted and decorated guest room - redecorated it as baby's room
- put shelves in garage
- upsized our file cabinet
- new stainless stove
- new dining room furniture
- new "TV" room furniture
- purchased wood laminate flooring for front living/hallway and back living rooms
- smoker
- gas grill
- charcoal pit/grill
- 2 sides new fence and new gate
- hot tub
- new chandelier in dining room
- new chandelier in kitchen
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Things got a bit derailed a while back when we bought some property northwest of here (hubby hunts and fishes and we found 100 acres for a price we couldn't pass up - but the "cabin" needed some work)

Things i'd like to finish at the house:
- rip out linoleum floor in 2nd bathroom, lay tile
- pull down wall paper in 2nd bathroom, texture and paint
- rip out linoleum in master bathroom, lay tile
- new potty in mater bathroom
- additional cabinets, shelves in master bathroom
- paint office / guest room
- additional bookshelves / storage / organization in office
- window treatments in office / guest room
- paint hallway
- rip out carpet and install laminate flooring in above mentioned rooms
- refinish cabinets in 2nd bathroom
- refinish cabinets in kitchen
- additional shelves, cabinets, storage in kitchen
- new fridge
- new dishwasher
- new hotwater heater
- window treatments in kitchen
- new counters (i love the granite that just fits over the old tops, much less expensive since we don't want to pour tons of money into this house)
- more storage/shelves in Boo's room
- new entertainment center in TV room
- new entertainment center in master bedroom
- paint tv room
- update front flower beds, add dirt, mulch and put in some color
- updated back flower beds since my bulbs didn't work
- add flower pots/baskets to deck
- window treatments in master bedroom
- new sofa pillows for front and back living rooms

I'm sure there's more, but there's my start. I went to Ikea a while back and started doing some research on how much a lot of the storage type stuff would cost, especially for the guest/office and Boo's room. Things in there have GOT to get organized quickly because it's out of control and i hate cleaning in there already. I can live with dust (although hubby's allergies can't) but neither of us do well with clutter.