Prosperous soul, mortgage neutrality & creativity Year 2

savingholmes

Sunshine_girl2 said:

All your activity has made me finish off a decluttering task I started a month ago . You are doing so well with it all , your house will feel great even if you don't move . 

The house you viewed sounds ideal for you. 

Glad it helped. Sorry I missed your reply. A house with permanent gorgeous views from inside seems fab to me. 

beanielou

Did the handyman come back last night? 

savingholmes

Today I:

1. Put a huge plastic crate (with light stuff in it) in the bottom of the newly cleared wardrobe in the fourth bedroom. I then shifted a couple of other crates in there and some glass shelves. I still need to go through the crates but ran out of time.
2. Made my bed look all pretty again (bedspread and extra pillows and a cushion)
3. Put away the flipchart paper I'd used to protect the counters in the kitchen while I painted yesterday. Returned stuff to their rightful homes. 'Dressed' the kitchen. Hid a few things in cupboards and the garage. 
4. Unpacked and packed the dishwasher.
5. Started power washing.
6.  I moved a computer tower into the garage from the landing

The list below is all the odd jobs and clutter still to resolve. I won't get it all done - but I'll do more than if I didn't list it. 

Garden

• Finish power washing
• Weed
• Plant new plants
• Do something with compost bin as packaging soaked - see if can put together.
• Water plants
• Tidy hose back away 
• Mow front lawn
• Ideally paint back door step  *** WHITE PAINT *** 
• Ideally paint part of shed

Entrance

• Hide wrapping paper from corner (could put in coat cupboard) ** Do Tonight **
• Move hat off radiator (could put in coat cupboard) ** Do Tonight **
• Tidy and clean shoe cupboard
• Remove carp from on top and just leave plant
• Rehome painting from floor
  

Lounge

• Move white desk and a small cupboard to garage or upstairs.
• Find a home for what's on or inside it. Rehome crate - check contents. 
• Decide what to do with paintings - want to keep them - just need to decide where.
• Move plant table where the desk currently is.
• Ideally buy a new lamp shade as the one there is too small and therefore looks wrong.
• Move mosaic mirror to DD's room ** Do Tonight **

WFH Space/Study/Garden Office

• Find home for all carp on desk and by the radiator
• Make printer cupboard shut properly. Resolve shelves so don't keep collapsing. Potentially put some stuff inside it!

Utility 

• Find home for remaining counter items in utility - e.g. cat food, washing powder, kids photo, washing pegs, paintings etc. Alternatively just move for photo.

Kitchen

• Hide DD's juice bottles (could be just for photo if needed and then could put back). (See if will fit in her FF or the cupboard in the garage.
• Hide cling film, foil etc - should fit in cupboard to right of the sink.
• Ideally paint window sill  *** WHITE PAINT *** 

Fourth bedroom/Craft room

• Dress the room for the photo. Hide what can in wardrobe. Deal with longer term decluttering at leisure later.
• Fill holes in wall as not going to put shelves back up.
• (Later - Try and sell shelves.)

My bedroom

• Sort remaining corner - perhaps put stuff in crate for now and find somewhere to hide it
• Ideally clean crystals on ceiling lamp as dusty

Ensuite & family bathroom

• Find a solution for the photo & viewings for all the toiletries.
• See if can get latex paint off vinyl floor

DS's old room

• Resolve my carp I hid in there for the previous valuation (worst case remove for photo then put back)
• Make room for toy box from landing
• Get floor lamp into corner instead of where DS put it
• Move bedside table back next to bed
• Clear out old text books - put in crate for charity ** Do Tonight ** (Then can drop off with other crate in the morning on the way to/back from swim)
• Clear corner next to wardrobe and the top of wardrobe
• Remove desk

Landing contents

• Ideally paint landing window sill  *** WHITE PAINT *** 
• Move toybox to end of DS's bed
• Move any remaining carp to wardrobe of fourth bedroom or bin / donate

DD's room

• Find a crate or something to put all her surface clutter in

Everywhere needs a hoover. Ideally I'd clean the floors but doubt I'd have time.

savingholmes

beanielou said:

Did the handyman come back last night? 

Sadly not no.

WelshmansDaughter

Ouch. Thats three to do lists not one!

jwil

That's an epic list!  Good to have some structure and something to tick off though.

skint_spice

Good luck with your huge list!

Humdinger1

A list so big it has its own post code...well done @savingholmes; impressive organisation love Humdinger xx 

savingholmes

Thanks WD, Jwil, Spice and Humdinger - love the postcode analogy!!

Unsurprisingly - I haven't got very far on my list. I did the tasks earmarked for last night - and dropped stuff at the charity shop this morning on the way to my swim. I met my friend and we swam and then came back here for lunch. She got a tour and was impressed as she'd seen some of how bad it was 2 years ago. She also felt repainting the tiles had been well worth it. She thinks I should sell easily and the garden is a huge selling point. ~Exercise, social, encouragement and self care in one. 

Since then I have been intermittently power washing. It does make a huge difference but it's so time consuming. In any breaks I'm either recuperating with a drink or trying to get the grass and weeds up in between the slabs. I'm not too bothered about other weeds but those really stand out.

I think after I finish power washing I need to prioritise the fourth bedroom as it's the first room they will see when they go upstairs - or accept I won't include a photo of that room. Luckily I have leftover lamb that I can have for tea

beanielou

Wow, I just dont know how you do it.
Be proud.  xx