I love the idea of pink doors! What shade? A house near us has a lime door and I covet it. Our screen door in Maine is periwinkle.

In re the work out room, I think the peloton should go there, too?

I think you mean peel and stick wallpaper? I would only use that for a shelves, closets, etc. It is quite hard to match seams perfectly with that product. (NM I see that was discussed below). Our mural in our pied a terre was peel and stick. We unstuck it and ordered paper. Part of it was a product issue, but still.

After we finish our sunroom, I need to find pillows for our LR to go with our new ottomans. The only real "project" is our back entry. It is a screened porch now and I plan to make it a mudroom. Pella already quoted me but our handyman guy wants to do the job; he is coming by Monday.

Ha, yes, peel & stick!

Door color:

It looks coral? pretty!

I will be finishing up some things at our house in SC. Painters are coming in September to repaint most of the place. It was painted in the last two years and I'm happy with the color but previous owners had so many massive wall hangings that the walls are a mess of holes and scrapes. After that's done my new old audio cabinet will be delivered and we can hang our paintings and the photos once I get them framed. Also getting a new bench for the front foyer.

Then I'm hopefully going to get the "hidden" litter box closet done - as long as my contractor confirms he can do it as I envision. I'm not going to make any changes to the laundry room (topic of an earlier post) until later other than the under-counter cat door to the closet.

And after much refrigerator shopping I've decided I'm going to get a Subzero as long as the cabinet maker I've ID'd can rework the cabinetry above the current fridge to accommodate the taller one. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd pay the price of a SZ refrigerator but it's a much better solution for the space and I sold a boat we had at our lake place so I'm funding it with the proceeds from that. And along the lines of refrigeration - getting rid of the wine fridge in the kitchen and replacing with a regular under counter refrigerator.

We‘re at our lake house for the weekend. We just renovated the master bath. The plumber is coming today (hoping it’s soon) because the handheld shower doesn’t work. Sigh.

I brought a small oil painting from home to hang in the kitchen. There’s an ugly old phone jack that I wanted to cover. Only took me two tries to get it hung correctly. Another sigh. Very stupid math error on my part.

I’d like to wallpaper an alcove in the kitchen. I was thinking I’d use peel and stick but now leaning towards traditional.

Our deck probably needs to be rebuilt, but I’m hoping we can hold off on that.

Not this fall, but sometime next year I plan to re-do the window coverings in the front of the house. Whats there is hand-me-down 1990’s PB tab-top - now clip rings because the tabs started coming out - that I put up as a temporary fix. In 2004.

Gonna need some help with this one!

New roof, new bigger gutters, all new trim around the siding. Maybe new siding if we win the lottery! We have wood peckers that love the cedar--darn birds!!

DBF wants to paint the "den" (one of the two spare bedrooms that has been turned into his Inner Sanctum) and embark upon the full wall bookshelf project in there. We both work in education/academia with mostly overlapping winter breaks and we're not traveling this year. I'm hopeful we can knock out the bulk of this then.

3latz, you will love having a built-in. I had no plans to make the switch and even scoffed at the idea when we were planning out kitchen -- then the Thermador models without that top panel came out! That removed my aesthetic objection and it raised everything i the interior so it was much kinder to my tall frame and bad neck. I love everything about it -- but only because I have a bottom freezer in the utility room. I need that depth for chilling baking sheets or holding a tray, which may or may not be a consideration for you. I think you will be very happy.

I'm trying to plan for a bathroom remodel, but my timeline is on hold -- first for covid, then for DS and DIL moving in (we have to have a bathroom and they have both upstairs). I'd like to redo the laundry room too, but the space is so limiting that I just get frustrated. I do need to paint our front door an help DS do his -- not until it cools off a bit.

I haven't prioritized anything, but I do have ideas churning, lots of ideas. As you know we moved into this house 2.5 years ago, and we've done some projects but there are still things to be done.

I probably have a lot of threads to start!

• Need to add tile above the stove, now that we've got the new countertop installed.
• Paint master bedroom could be painted, and we could get a new coverlet.
• Upstairs guest bathroom needs to be painted, I am thinking lavender.
• We actually have a contractor coming over in a few weeks to talk about a reno of our master bath, and possibly a garage addition(but my DH is very opposed to that idea).
• New furniture for our screen porch.
• I have this idea to cozy up our dining area, that involves cafe curtains, cordless antique brass sconces and ruffled slipcovered chairs.

Right now these are all just thoughts and I am enjoying the outdoors and my garden.

OOh local, love your DR ideas!

Pork and ham, show us your new BA!

Our roof is being replaced next week. Hoping the kitchen remodel will start this winter. When I have the contractor in for that, I hope to make a few other changes in adjoining rooms. I want to extend the hardwoods into at least 2 more rooms and do something with the fireplace. Sue, I saved this photo last week. I love the idea of a pink door!

I forgot to add that I will be on call for lots of decorating consults at the kids’ new house! DDIL likes bright colors. They have two cool-1950s-era baths with tile in perfect condition. One is pink, but it is a brownish, peachy pink, not barbie pink. She had a vision of a pink and mustard yellow bath. Um. Okay. She did not take my advice on specific colors and the walls are now highlighter orangey-yellow. (Painting was done already, they move in soon.) So that room will be repainted asap. Even she agrees it’s bad. I have sample color sheets ready when they get here!

The other bath is blue, and she wanted orange walls. I was on board with a creamy pale orange, but she picked a bright orange. 🍊 I could almost see this working, given her fun decor style, but I think she is going to tone it down.

This was my rec:

All other rooms which previously had granny wallpaper are now a nice white!

All this talk about wallpaper now has me thinking about it for this powder room at our new place. I don't care for this paint but changing it isn't high on my priority list. I thought I'd never have wallpaper again after having to get a lot of it removed but whatever I do here will not be done again in my lifetime so reconsidering.

I am going to try and transform these three candle holders into floor vases using expanding foam and concrete.

My winter project will be to rest and recuperate from our beach house renovation which started last October. Hoping to get some travel in as well. The house was taken down to the studs and got new drywall, windows, siding and interior finishes. DH and I are currently finishing up interior details: trim, backsplash, window shades, etc. But we still have a bit to go. Although we had a contractor for the heavy lifting portion, we were out here every week to manage and oversee.

This is a good place to give a shout out to those of you who discussed paint colors. I scoured this site for comments and finally settled on Palladian Blue for the rec room. Waaay outside my neutral comfort zone. Thanks to those of you who discussed this color - Annie comes to mind but I know there were others of you. It turns out PB is the same blue-green as the ocean on a sunny day! Everyone who’s seen it loves it and it’s such a happy color! ( once it settles itself down!)

We are rearranging the decking in the backyard, and looking to put metal on our roof.....IF we ever get estimates back!! The Amish man who built our barn gave us an estimate a few years ago, has it on file, and just needs to update the prices. Has he done that in 3 weeks? No.

I painted the only wall in the dining room BM Cloudy Skies, and the entry hall Lighthouse Landing.

I am shopping for a new sofa. Does anybody have experience with Four Hands? They have a showroom in Austin, TX, but I no longer live there, lol.

Stole the idea from deegw…spoonflower wallpaper samples.

I had a list of things i hoped to accomplish this summer or fall, but my current inability to move around easily has stalled me on any projects. Plus we have to consider what we will be doing when re-construction of our condo starts up, which may be soon (finally).

So I will be busy enough picking out wall colors, flooring, bath fixtures, appliances, and other fixtures. We plan to put it on the market so I’m not planning to go overboard since we will hopefully not be using it ourselves. Can you hear me calling for help already?

I did have plans to restain our front door and it is too hot to do it now, so maybe this fall I’ll get around to that.

I’ve also been thinking of a bedroom refresh. I still like what we have but I’d like new draperies and fresh paint for sure. So it is still on the list but not high priority depending on item #1 (the condo progress).

I’ve been saving idea for a kitchen refresh; in particular, having the cabs painted and new countertops. Not high priority until #1 is done or well underway.

All these other projects sound so interesting, which is why this is all so much fun to read along here.

I plan on turning our small office into a guest room. So far i’ve sold a desk on FB and I’ve started a donation pile.

I try to do these things when DH is out of town. He has a hard time letting things go.

I’m also on the hunt for a new sofa, I‘m searching for a tightback. I’m tired of sloppy pillows.

Also searching for a new coffee table. I’ve bought and returned two. The dimensions did not match the site description. So hard to find one taller than 17”. I don’t like low tables.

Looking forward to everyones projects!

We are getting ready to start a renovation of the MBR/MBA, lower level guest room, sunroom and patio. Oh, and a new deck and a "she/he shed" for the yard. The shed will be "she" on the exterior and "he" inside. So lots happening. We've been sitting on this project for years but finally decided to get it done in time to enjoy before we get too old, lol!

Some of ya'll are going to be busy! Fall here is a great time for outdoor projects and we have an area of landscaping that has gotten out of hand. So that will be redone. Probably give the front door a coat of paint and clean windows. Inside things are in good shape. I have two chairs in our dining room that sit on either side of the china cabinet and would like to have slip covers made for them.

I really need to start making a serious plan for new flooring, especially on our main floor, but to be honest I don't know where to start. Feels like so many things need to be done and I don't really know how to find a contractor or materials (hoping to do engineered wood). In the past I've doneeverything DIY and finding a contractor feels overwhelming. It will involve: creating an opening between dining room and living room (maybe french doors or an arch), taking up some tile, and then the process of installing flooring and repairing drywall, etc. The current flooring is some tile with carpet that's matched on 1st and 2nd floors. The thought of major construction and having to figure out how to clear out rooms and move furniture sounds like it will be an awful experience. But the carpet is really starting to look tired and I feel like wood would be a nice change and good for resale someday.

DH is rebuilding our 2 sets of stairs. When we started building back in 2005-6, DH used a mix of pine boards and not quite matching reclaimed pine nosing. We used cheap pole handrails. All of that is being replaced with white oak in a medium dark stain. DH had to mix a stain so the oak for the landing ( stairs are winders) matched the risers and treads. We tried finding stained flooring but just couldn't get a good match, then tried staining some of the stained flooring darker but realized we were just asking for it to chip off/fail.

I've been providing invaluable pointers and none of the physical work.

Our white interior window trim all needs repainting. I think I might bite the bullet and use our nice fall weather and get that done. I used Ben Moore White Dove and am going to stick with that. It's always been a clean warm white in our lighting.