Our Home Goals 2012

...are mostly the same as Our Home Goals from 2011 because apparently I didn't get that much done in the last year!!!! Aaannnnd, looks like the Home Goals from 2011 was pretty much a copy and paste of the Home Goals from 2010 (here and here). Awesome. Sensing a trend here. What in the world have I been doing for the last 2 years?!

The Nester is hosting her Home Goals Linky Party again on Wednesday (the 11th), so I'll be linking up when it goes live. Anybody else?

Here are some GENERAL, OVERALL GOALS for our home for 2012 and the future:

• work on finding a balance between a home that looks good and a home that is kid-friendly
• add more pattern/print
• add more whimsy
• declutter and organize
• figure out my style and then incorporate more of whatever it is
  

Here are some more SPECIFIC, CONCRETE TASKS categorized by room:

FOYER:

• find new lighting (some sort of large lantern) and have installed (originally blogged about here)
  
• hire Sean to paint walls
• add higher baseboard trim or repaint existing (all the baseboard trim in the downstairs still has stain on it from when we redid the wood floors, considering upgrading - first blogged about here and haven't started yet)
  

KITCHEN:

• paint small black cabinet some fun color
  
• redo wall above said black cabinet
  
• hang up gallery wall (oops, originally blogged about here, never got around to it!)
• add higher baseboard trim or repaint existing
  

LIVING ROOM:

• figure out window treatments (I'm not happy with the ones we have now)
• create and hang photo gallery wall of family pics
• add higher baseboard trim or repaint existing

{so, these panels have been moved to the dining room, but I still don't like the solid fabric roller shades I put up - too much gold}

FAMILY ROOM:

• get dry sink from Cape house and refinish/paint, use for storage
• find area rug
• figure out window treatments
  
• line back of entertainment center with some sort of patterned wallpaper/paper (oops, originally blogged about here)
  
• figure out where to hang oar and paddle collection (oops, originally blogged about here)
  

DINING ROOM:

• buy and install bamboo shades (you guessed it, originally blogged about it a long time ago and then never did it!)
  
• find hutch or sideboard on Craigs List, etc. and paint
• maybe paint ceiling a cool color?
• continue search for patterned, upholstered parsons chairs for ends of table
• add higher baseboard trim or repaint existing

{excuse the in progress jig saw puzzle...I should probably add that to the list for 2012, we started in February of '11 and aren't done yet!!!}

OFFICE:

• finish painting trim!!! (OMG!...I started painting this room in June of 2009 and have two walls left of white trim to repaint...shoot me)
  
• clean out, declutter, organize
• figure out functionality of this room and then proceed with decor (will it stay as office? will it become Maura's "big girl room"?, etc.)
  

{I plead the 5th!}

MASTER BEDROOM (this room needs major help since we haven't really done anything to it since we moved in):

• decide if wall color is staying or not (high ceilings, pain in the butt to repaint)
• window treatments
• new lamps
• new decorative throw pillows
• new bedding?
• new color palette (add navy?)
  

BASEMENT:

• clean out, declutter, organize
• figure out functionality
  

Gah! A lot to do. Did you guys make To Do lists for the year ahead? How do you balance taking time to actually work on projects around the house with all the hours spent writing and taking pics for posts, reading/commenting on other people's blogs, etc.?