The Punch List

WARNING: This is a super long blog.

It's hard to believe, but it's been almost 5 months since we bought our house.  I guess time flies when you're fixing up your house?!

I thought I'd take some time to reflect on the work we've done so far.

Here's the list (in no particular order):

• Installed GFI outlets in the kitchen, bathrooms, and garage
• Rewired attic lighting
• Replaced attic vent fan
• Installed ceiling fans in each bedroom

Master bedroom

2nd and 3rd bedrooms

• Added adjustable fan and light wall controls
• Installed exhaust fan in the master bath
• Installed garbage disposal

• Added deadbolts on exterior doors

• Installed fluorescent lights in the garage

• Installed a new mailbox

Straightest mailbox post ever

• Installed blinds on every window

• Replaced peep hole on front door

• Fixed the hood vent over the stove

• Caulked in the kitchen and bathrooms
• Sealed bathroom tile grout
• Replaced ugly hallway lighting

The boob light looks way better than what was there before.

• Re-plumbed water lines supplying the washer and dryer
• Built a pedestal for the washer and dryer (major props to J for his design and construction skills)

The hardest part was fitting the lumber in the car!

Even painted to match the trim color

• Got a new washer and dryer

Love them!

• Installed a new furnace

• Re-plumbed gas and water lines supplying the hot water heater, added an expansion tank, and replaced the water pressure regulator

• Removed old vinyl flooring in the kitchen and laundry room and installed porcelain tile

Before

During

After

• Upgraded door trim in the kitchen and laundry room
• Repainted the laundry room "warm caramel"

• Repainted the laundry room cabinets and changed hardware to match the kitchen cabinets

• Installed storage shelves in the garage

• Installed garage peg board to create a ridiculously organized wall of tools

• Wall-mounted the living room television and installed cord concealers
• Installed an antenna on the chimney and ran wiring to the televisions (just in time to watch the Olympics!)
• Resealed chimney flashing, installed a new chimney crown, and replaced the chimney cap
• Added a rain garden on the side of the house

• Added a raised bed with magnolias in the backyard

• Planted a new tree in the front yard

RIP Yoshi

• Planted another new tree in the front yard when the first one died

Blazer

• Tore out a huge mound of overgrown juniper and ivy next to the patio

• Removed buckets and buckets of river rocks from the juniper and ivy flowerbed (grumble)
• Removed "privacy fence" from the backyard

Before

After

Here's to hoping the next 5 months aren't nearly as busy as the last 5 have been!