We are thinking about making one of our extra bedrooms a little more livable.  That way it looks nicer and we have some better furniture in there.

One of the first things we want to accomplish is getting some paint on the walls.  White is boring after a long, long time.  Next we would probably run down to the local discount furniture store and replace what we have in the bedroom currently with some newer furniture.  Depending on what we find there, might have to build some book shelves or install some shelves on the wall.  Most likely get some type of art work or painting to put on the wall.

One of these days we will eventually get around to painting all the rooms so each one will add some flavor to the house.  And once we get the spare bedroom done, we will just need to have some people come over and stay the night.

We have had our house now about 3 years and although not quite ready to do a major remodel but there are some things around the house that could be upgraded. Yeah that’s it.

A couple things off the top of the list would be to replace this vinyl floors in the kitchen and bathrooms and throw down some ceramic tile. The carpet is still in really good shape so no need to replace that. Oh and speaking of the bathrooms, I would love to change out the faucets and maybe upgrade them to some nice Delta faucets. I think the shower heads need to be replaced also. Now on to the other parts of the house.

We still have never painted, so I think this might be the cheaper solution to make the biggest impact. We already started the front landscaping, except we haven’t finished it, lol..!!! I think those are a few of the major things we want to start on.

Now we just have to get started getting some things done!

One thing I’m thankful for is our brick siding on our house. Not only does it look really cool with the rest of the house colors, but we never have to paint it. We would only have to paint some of the exterior boards and trim work. Now if we had a really big house or like a 2 story house with no brick (like a lot of houses in the Seattle area and other areas) it would take a lot of time to paint the house.

One thing I would consider is vinyl siding. The benefits are outstanding. Look at some of these: Long lasting, save time and money painting the house every couple of years, and it will always look nice. If I had to do it all over again on a non-brick house I would go this route.