Hi! If you follow along on Instagram, I’ve chatted a bit here and there about some house projects I’m hoping to tackle this summer. Most of them have sort of been on our list for a couple years, but between regular life and caring for 3 little kids and everything else, we just haven’t had the time or mental capacity to start them.
The biggest one and most exciting is that we’re finally doing something with our backyard!!! We’ve floated different ideas over the last 5 years that we’ve lived here and finally felt ready to lock-in on something this summer. We’ve got some tree removal happening very soon, then construction will begin on a patio, some walkways, sod install, and lots of landscaping. I think it’s going to completely transform how we spend our time outside and I am so looking forward to it! I will definitely be taking you along the process – I already shared a bit about my vision here.
We’re also going to do a little refresh to our screened-in porch. I would love to add a sit-up counter top under our accordion window (that opens from the kitchen), swap out the furniture for something a little smaller to open the space up, and possibly add some sconces out there. I’m still trying to nail down my vision (and some of it depends on what furniture I end up with for our patio), but I’m excited to create a porch that serves our family a little bit better in this current stage of life!
Another item on our list is our laundry room. It currently has one builder-grade wire rack as a top shelf above the machines and that’s it! There’s definitely room to add some storage cabinets and maybe even a sink. This will be the biggest project that we have (apart from the yard), so we need to really dial in on what we want first before jumping into this one.
Some smaller projects include swapping out our kitchen island light fixture for something a little more our style and adding sconces to either side of the accordion window in our kitchen. I think those 2 changes will make a big difference in there! We desperately need to add some functional storage to our playroom, too. We currently have a little media nook with a countertop that is used as storage, but it’s not function at all. I want to rip out the computer shelf and add shelving or a closet system in there to be able to hold all of the toys and things. Then we’ll have some more play space in the actual room! It’s amazing how 3 active kids can make a space feel so small — I always thought we had a good sized playroom until Cam & Audrey got a little bigger. Now we feel like we’re fighting for every square inch of space!
Something we will work on early in the fall is switching the kids rooms around. I want the boys to share the jack-and-jill bathroom that we have between 2 of the bedrooms and for Audrey to have her own bathroom, so we’ll be doing a little bedroom musical chairs for them. We’re holding off on that until my mom is able to paint 2 of the rooms for us, which she can do in the fall! Plus, that gives me time to decide on the style I’d like for each room and sourcing decor and pieces that I want to put in them. Since Liam’s “big boy room” 3 years ago, I haven’t felt very intentional about designing a space for my kids, so I’m very excited to pull from their interests and what they like and create bedrooms for each of them that make them feel special and that they want to spend time in!
The real question now is what project do we start with and how long will it take us to complete each one?
