home - crossing off the to do list

We have been in our new place for three months now and we've made a lot of progress. I had wanted to share each step of the way here, but somehow taking pictures and walking through each step has seemed overwhelming and burdensome. I keep thinking I'll go back and post about each project, but that's becoming less and less likely. I thought I'd do a little run down of the list we've been working from, as both a look back and something to move toward:

1. Paint all walls white (previously they were all various shades of yellow - primarily the mustard variety)
2. Paint inside of front door black - currently yellow
3. Paint kitchen french doors black or white (?) - currently yellow, of course
4. Remove faux-copper paneling in kitchen and re-mud walls (thanks Jim!)
5. Remove sagging shelves in kitchen
6. Replace shelf over pass-though in kitchen
7. Paint or replace kitchen cabinets (currently debated)
8. Tile kitchen
9. Remove faux-plaster texturing effect in eat-in kitchen area
10. Repaint patio off kitchen so it is no longer McDonald's colors
11. Potted plants, bench or chairs for main patio
12. Chairs for back deck
13. Remove orange dining light fixture and replace with Ikea Ranarp Pendant Lamp (first anything electrical we've ever done!)
14. Remove orange/brown glass shields from around all the many can lights
15. Build floating shelves in living room
16. Patch can light hole or replace can light above floating shelves
17. Install outlet under stairs for chest freezer, purchase and install chest freezer
18. Replace mirrors in bathrooms
19. Rug for Levi's room
20. Hem curtains for Levi's room
21. Wallpaper headboard wall in bedroom
22. Hang art (mostly complete)
23. Put most of the baby stuff in the attic (sniff!)
24. Garden front patio green space
25. Create backyard garden space

I know this list is ever changing and growing, but besides the big kitchen overhaul (we're hoping to tackle this in the fall - budget willing), we've completed a lot! It's been a lot more fun than I expected to take on some of this. Though I know much of what we've done has been pretty straight forward and cosmetic, I can't think of a better way to get our feet wet with this whole home update thing.