Home Renovation Goals for 2015

As 2014 comes to a close and 2015 begins, we thought we would put together a list of the home renovation projects we would like to tackle in the upcoming year. We finished quite a few cool home renovation projects in 2014 that really made our house start to feel like “our home”. 2015 marks the beginning of our second year in the home and we are hoping to take on a few larger home renovation projects and more woodworking and furniture building projects. It’s time to step up our game.

The Five Home Renovation Projects on our Project Wish List:

1. FINISH PAINTING THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE – We are close to having all the rooms inside our house painted. It is our goal to finish the last few rooms in 2015. The front entry way and front rooms will be painted gray (of course). We also need to paint our front hall, guest bathroom laundry room and garage and then we will be done! If our house has no more off white walls by the time 2016 rolls around, we’ll call 2015 a success! Below are the paint colors we plan on using from Sherwin-Williams.

2. FIX UP THE GARAGE – Speaking of the garage, 2015 will be the year the garage sees a little attention. Last year it was used more as a storage room (and not one of those organized kind). Since we plan on doing a lot more woodworking and furniture building projects this year, we will need the garage to be our workshop. We managed to get it cleaned out, now we just need to clean it up! Our plans include painting the walls, staining the floor, building a workbench and cabinets – we’re talking about a complete makeover here! Brent is especially excited to get this remodeling project started.

3. PAINT THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE – Another home renovation project we would like to get done this year is to paint the outside of our house. Currently, is an off white color that is boring and plain so we want to paint it a welcoming gray color (are you seeing a trend here?). The house is 12 years old so the original paint is chipping in places Adding a fresh paint of coat and replacing some of the trim will really bring the outside of the house back to life and add to the curb appeal. We had to submit our colors to our HOA to be approved and they finally gave us the okay! So now it is a matter of actually getting out there and painting. We are dragging our feet on this one because it will be a lot of work but the results will be awesome. We’ll take on this challenge in the spring or fall.

4. REMODEL THE BACK PATIO – Our backyard is such a cool spot and one of the reasons we like this house so much. It is small but backs up to a greenbelt with lots of trees. We have two slabs of concrete back there but not very many places to sit for entertaining. So we would love to make this space a more inviting. Our plan is to eventually remodel the back patio to have a wood deck with custom built seating. The front yard got all the love last year so we hope to give a little more attention to the backyard in 2015. We are looking forward to taking advantage of the great space outside.

5. FINISH UP THE MASTER SUITE – We would love to finish the last few renovation projects in our master bedroom and master bathroom so we can call those rooms good and have two rooms updated and under our belt. There are still quite a few big and small projects that we would like to work on in these rooms including building a headboard and second nightstand in the master bedroom and putting in a new slate title floor and cabinets in the master bathroom.

So if things go according to plan, this time next year we should be able to report back on the blog that we were able to cross all these tasks off of our home renovation wish list. I’m sure several other projects will pop up that will be a blast to work on, like that awesome craft cabinet! But these are our five shoot for the moon home renovation and interior design projects that will pack a big punch on the look and feel of our home this year. We’re ready to get started right away if only the budget allowed it. After we re-coup a little from Christmas, we’ll get started right away!

Hope you have a Happy New Year 2015! What are your home renovation plans for the coming year? We would love to hear them!