Last week we launched “Finish What You Started” Mondays: Group therapy in which we project procrastinators inspire each other to get those gosh-darned projects that we began — then abandoned — complete. Note: While I originally thought we would do this on Monday, I actually think Sunday is better — more time for most folks (probably) to upload photos and, well, dash to complete something if they haven’t already. Me first: For Week #1, I organized all of my vintage magazines, which I use as resources for information about midcentury home building and decorating trends. Now if you ask me a question about trends in, say, 1953, I can put my hands on the info that much faster. So procrastinators-with-renewed-enthusiasm: What project(s) did finish this Week #1. I’ve added the Photo Uploader — you can show us, too. I will award Gold Stars –>
More of my confessional: I first organized everything in boxes, by year, about three years ago. But since then, I did not put things back where they belonged as I used them. I don’t have a “before” photo. It was embarrassing. It looked pretty similar to my office (which I also have been working on.) What I learned last week: Put Things Away As I Go Along. I am a pile-creator by LAZY habit – yes, I am judging! Last week, really concentrating on putting everything in its place after I use it was actually kind of … calming. DH noticed, too, and was real nice to me about it. 🙂
What project(s) did you complete in Week #1?
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Jan says
Well, I finished mowing the yard, and sorted through two boxes of stuff, and that’s about it!
I did get started on finishing something! I finally, after months of thinking about it after getting home without it, I brought home one of two living room chairs my mom kept telling me were mine. I put the one that’s been out on the porch in the back of my car and took it home! The other one is up three flights of stairs behind my dad’s bed and is bigger, so it may not just slide into my car like the smaller one did. Both of these chairs were around when I was a kid. My mom wasn’t sure when they bought them, but they were both already “in the family” when we moved from a house in Indiana to a house in Maryland in early 1965. I love these chairs, but the one I brought home is going to be a little work bringing it back – the wood and cane portions need major cleaning and a little moisture, and the cushions need re-upholstered. The shame is that the matching fabric on the back part of the chair is in great shape! Well, better get working to finish this one! I’ll put up a picture when I finish.
Suzy Massey says
Finished painting the foundation of the house – ugh.
Kathy C says
I finally finished regrouting my green bathroom vanity top. It started as the old ” Hmmm. . .this bullnose is loose, let me reattach it” and ended up in me having to remove every tile from the sink top and backsplash and resetting it in mastic that actually adheres the tiles! At least I got to replace a few cracked tiles that were bothering me from the stash that the old owners had in the basement. I finished grouting and sealing the backsplash and sink, and put new hardware on the base cabinet.
It looks a million times better, but I still had guests asking me why I bothered at all and didn’t just buy a new vanity. My answer. . .because any bathroom that’s lasted 55 years and looks this good deserves to stay for another 55!
Now, I’ll have to continue around the room and do the rest of the walls and the shower. That’s a huge job that will need to wait until my back doesn’t hurt anymore from this project! I also found some fabric to make a valance for the giant window in there too. Maybe another monday.
I’m uploading a pic for you! I hope I do it right!
Donna says
Got part of it done….does that count?
nina462 says
no photos to share. I did make a clean up calendar for my house however, so that it always looks somewhat fresh & spiffy. (of course you clean up after yourself every day)
Sunday – clean the kitchen & bath & the small front garden
Monday- clean master bedroom & large front garden
Tuesday – day off
Wednesday – clean the spare bedroom & the pine gardens
Thursday -clean the back side garden
Friday -clean the office
Saturday – clean the living room & go around the foundation of the house
Last weekend of the month – clean rec – room
I read a book (side tracked home executives) many years ago about doing just a little bit each day – then you’re always somewhat ready and it doesn’t overwhelm you. I’ve used the format for several years – just revised it this weekend.
I have Monday off – so you know what I’ll be doing!
Stacey says
Well, I certainly worked on my kitchen project this weekend, but I sure didn’t finish it. How can I be so good at estimating projects in my work life but lousy at it in my home life? It took all Saturday to tile the backsplash; I thought it would take just a couple of hours. And, I haven’t grouted or sealed it yet. That means I haven’t finished painting the kitchen either. Ah well, I’m shooting for next Sunday then to complete my kitchen. In the mean time, I’m soaking in the glory of actually getting THOSE TILES UP!!!
As my husband and I were buying the tile, he said “OK, so we’ll get this up in the next couple of weeks.” No, no, no… I have an accountability check on this blog. Pam, I think you are right – Sundays are much better than Mondays for loading photos. Thanks for this idea…
Clare Horn says
I think I achieved a new level of mundane. My accomplishment was transferring about 15 kitchen-garbage-sized buckets of dirt from the garden bed alongside my house to the woods behind my house. The dirt was piled too high against the side of the house, and we think that was part of the reason we had so many ants this past summer. Plus it just looked odd.
One small step toward relandscaping the garden beds running along our house–check!
Oh, and I called a contractor about putting up the backyard shed we’re in dire need of. We’re thinking the MD100 do-it-yourself plans (only we wouldn’t be doing it ourselves) because those beautiful Eichler backyard sheds are so darn pricey. Does anyone know of any other midcentury modern alternatives?
Adrienne says
No photo either, but I finished (my part of) the kitchen install 🙂 New shelf paper, weeded out unused glassware and china, and got everything ready for the mosaic tile install which I will procrastinate about calling Lowes to do next week! 😛
marion powell says
I decided on and bought the ceiling fan for my new (in progress) screen porch.
Also picked up the flooring for the bonus room (which was stripped of carpet, padding, tack strip, and staples by yours truly. Hope to find someone to lay the planks for me soon. Don’t ask me to do it myself!
jeanne says
Having finished stripping wallpaper, painting, re-wallpapering, stripping and repainting the window in the bathroom over the past month – the one thing left to do was clean the grout and give the tile and floor a good wash. I did that today!
I also hung the 2″ blind I bought when I ordered the other two for the bedroom I repainted back in May/June. I discovered that Blinds Chalet made the bathroom blind the same length as the bedroom blinds, even though I had a shorter length ordered. Oh well.
Left to do: is repaint the vanity and the door of the clothes shute (it has rust on it). But I think I’ll leave that for spring.