- Built-in shelves that hold the TV, bins of toys, etc. in a weird space in the family room (I snagged my parents to help with this)
- Built a stacked stone retaining wall where there was rubble from a downed tree
- Tore out a bar that cut the kitchen off from the dining area (with my husband's help) and patched the area of the wall that came off with it
- Built 2 small pergolas and yanked wisteria vines from a nearby tree onto the pergolas for privacy
- Recovered an 80s chair with more up-to-date fabric
- Built L-shaped benches with cubbies underneath and made cushions for their tops
- Ripped out an old privacy fence that had started to teeter (while on a conference call for work, with my phone on mute)
- Painted our bedroom (after getting some advice from the Washington Post's Home Front makeover series)
- Added a shelf for condiments near the stove
- Constructed a small retaining wall for a flower bed using stones found while moving azaleas
- Made curtains for various windows, a canopy bed and one shower
- Created large wall panels with old, beloved wallpaper from my childhood home
- Recovered kitchen chairs, add more padding, and tighten up some of the joints
- Started a mural of an Italian vista on approx. 8' x 15' dining room wall
- Built a "mud room" wall with hooks, mirror, shelves
- Assembled a makeshift pantry, merged with existing cabinetry, with chalkboard on its side
- Started a mosaic backsplash
- Extended kitchen cabinets to the ceiling and added trim and a wine rack
- Built a knife rack in a wasted sliver of space between upper cabinet and wall
- Mounted a TV in the kitchen for my husband so he can cook and watch
- Started another mural downstairs, of Ireland, on canvas hung over a swath of wood paneling
- Husband built a hockey rink in our backyard
What I'd like to do:
- Sculpt an existing chandeleir from Habitat ReStore into something resembling coral, with the kids, using plaster of paris
- Build a track around the perimeter of our yard that could double as a walkway
- Carve out a new room from an open area that's become a dumping ground (add walls and door)
- Add a sliding door (barn style or similar) to the attic bedroom for privacy
- Transform an antique ice box with rusty innards into a bar & wine rack
- Rehab an old ship door table (replace wobbly legs, sand down the stained surface)
