Still Checking off My Checklist
Charles will be here on Tuesday late afternoon to get the house on the market. Today is absolute insanity! Ben is at work preparing for school to start (TOMORROW! sheesh!) and I am trying to get things done around the house. So far, I’ve only created 2 unwanted holes in the wall today finishing up our window hardware! Too bad I don’t have any plumbing handy friends who want to spend their holiday fixing a couple problems around my house, huh? I am taking this moment to drink some water and try and reclaim my sanity.
GUEST BATH:
- (BEN) Fix the wiring in the overhead light.
- (ABRA) Clean and polish cabinet
- (BEN) Touch up paint
- (BEN) fix toilet
NURSERY:
- (BEN) spackle and paint baseboards and mouldings
- (BEN) fix spring on window
- (BEN)scrape the paint of the window hardware previous owner painted on
- (ABRA)buy and replace matching clear outlet covers
LIVING ROOM:
- (BEN) putty, clean & touch up baseboards and moldings
- (BOTH) wash windows inside and out
- (BEN) replace right-hand screen
- (BOTH) hang art
DECK:
- (BEN) finish re stain job
- (BEN) fix screen door
- (ABRA) oil door
- (ABRA) clean and weatherproof furniture
DINING ROOM:
- (BEN) Fix 3 screens
- (BOTH) clean windows
KITCHEN:
- (BOTH) clean/organize/touch up paint in pantry
- (BOTH)) clean under sink and dishwasher
- (BOTH) clean Maalox out from under refrigerator from Ophelia incident
- (ABRA) figure out what to put on top of cabinets I was going to put live ivy plants but I ran out of time and money. Shannon’s cookbook idea won. I’ll just have to be careful about wiping the gook off them regularly.
LAUNDRY ROOM
- (ABRA) Organize
- (WE NEED YOUR HELP!) find a temporary home for Sita Thank you, Valerie!!!
- (ABRA) clean light fixture
- (BEN) patch and paint walls
- (BEN) buy new door
MASTER BED:
- (BOTH) clean windows
- (BEN) mount bedside shelves
- (BOTH) organize desk
- (BOTH) stage art and lighting
MASTER BATH:
- (BOTH) patch and paint walls
- (ABRA) replace light bulbs
- (BEN) paint inside of medicine cabinet
- (ABRA) replace switch plates
- (BEN) caulk fixtures
Still need to buy:
- working vacuum
- plants
- bed skirts for queen bed in master and Ophelia’s twin in nursery.
- art
- more method air fresheners (guy downstairs smokes the worst smelling cigars ever!)
And I also need to contact our property management about how icky and smelly the foyer in our building is.
I’m hoping that you won’t be there long enough to accumulate gunk on those cookbooks! It looks like you are making some amazing progress towards being show ready – well done! Love you
Regarding the bed skirts – I bought a red silk one at Bed Bath and Beyond for $10 (super clearance). Only problem was that it was a King, and we have a Queen, but I put a pleat down through the whole middle of the thing and it works perfectly. I couldn’t have made it for that price. So if you find any that are too big, keep in mind that you can tailor them to fit if it’s a good deal!