Y’all, are you able to imagine that we’re on the finish of October, and we solely have two extra months left in 2026?! I don’t learn about you, however for me, this yr feels prefer it has completely flown by! I really feel like I’ve gotten loads achieved this yr, however now it’s time for that closing nose-to-the-grindstone push to see if I can attain my revised targets for this yr.
Initially of every yr, I make a grasp listing of dwelling targets for the yr. I by no means get all of it completed. I’m a kind of individuals who loves lists, however I at all times put method an excessive amount of on my listing. I do know that going into it, so I don’t beat myself up once I don’t accomplish every little thing. I have a look at my lists as extra of a buffet of choices that I can select from. Greater than something, they assist me keep targeted so I don’t veer astray an excessive amount of all year long. I’ve accomplished fairly effectively this yr!
However I’ve two months left, and my objective is to be laser targeted on two issues — ending the eating room and ending the storage room. Bear in mind the storage room? 😀 We haven’t talked about that shortly. I’ve been so targeted on the eating room that the storage room has form of fallen off the radar. Right here’s the way it appears to be like proper now…
And the objective is to make it look one thing like this, though the pink ceiling continues to be up for debate…
The room is small, so I’ve satisfied myself that I can certainly get it accomplished by the tip of the yr. However I are inclined to have a Tremendous Lady mindset that tells me I can do far more than what’s really humanly attainable, and I can get it accomplished in a method shorter time than actuality would permit. And small rooms may be deceiving. I fairly often trick myself into considering that small rooms ought to take a lot much less time than giant rooms just because they’re small. However small rooms require all the identical consideration to element that giant rooms do. Even after 30 years of DIYing, I’ve but to grasp that phenomenon.
The excellent news is that I’m fairly positive I’ve nearly every little thing available that I would like in an effort to end that room as shortly as attainable. The IKEA cupboards have been sitting within the entryway ever since they had been delivered, nonetheless boxed up and leaning towards the console desk. I’ve the sink, the flooring, the ceiling gentle, and the wallpaper. The room is empty. It has new drywall, electrical, and plumbing. So it’s able to go as quickly as I’m. And I’ll be prepared to leap into that mission simply as quickly as I end up the eating room.
When you’ve been following alongside, you understand that the eating room is effectively underway. The one mission I’ve left in that room that I can do with out material is the art work that may go above the benches.
Each different mission requires material, and I’m nonetheless ready for that to be delivered. It shipped yesterday, so I ought to have it both tomorrow or Monday. Then I can get the benches, eating chairs, and draperies completed.
So that is the objective for the remaining two months of 2026, and I’m going to do every little thing in my energy to complete each earlier than we welcome the brand new yr. In my thoughts, it appears doable. We’ll see what actuality has to say about it. 😀 To fulfill my objective, that implies that over the subsequent two months (roughly eight weeks), I must:
- Upholster 4 eating chairs,
- Paint and upholster two benches,
- Sew two lined material panels,
- Make two items of colourful textured art work,
- Prime and paint the storage room partitions,
- Set up the hardwood flooring*,
- Unbox and assemble the IKEA Pax wardrobes and set up them in place,
- Dangle the wallpaper,
- Trim out the room (crown, baseboards, chair rail, and wall trim)
- Prime and paint all the trim,
- Set up the sink,
- Set up lighting,
- End out {the electrical} retailers.
I feel that’s it, however I’m positive there will probably be different particulars alongside the way in which that I can’t consider proper now. See what I imply? After I have a look at the small storage room, my thoughts tells me I might knock out that mission in a few weeks. However the listing says in any other case, particularly when different elements (i.e., requirement of on a regular basis life outdoors of DIY initiatives) come into play. However I do love a great problem, so I’m going to do my best, and regardless of how this yr ends, I’m going to be pleased with what I achieved.
However oh my goodness, how superb would it not be to complete out 2026 and begin the brand new yr with the whole inside of our home completed (with the plain exception of the sunroom)?!
It could be the belief of a 13-year dream. That’s what retains me motivated. So let the countdown start!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You’ll be able to study extra about me right here.
