House of Witz: Our Plans for the House for 2011

Ahhh, the best of intentions. Let's see how far along we come with the plans that we are making for the house. Here goes...

The Den/Family Room

This hideous and extra large sliding glass door MUST go! First off, it has to be oiled/greased all of the time and makes a mess on the carpet and if the kids get near it, grease all over their clothes. It is heavy and not sealed very well, so when we have a really hard rain (you know the kind that blows sideways?), water gets in the house. Of course, down here in Houston, Texas, this is not much of a problem as we are in a severe drought! I will talk about my poor lawn later. Back to the plans. We want to install french doors with a side window. The carpet needs to be replaced and I want to put slate tile or wood in front of the entire door. When it rains, it makes a mess all over the carpet if someone goes in and out of that door. I would also love to replace the black slate hearth to a granite or brick one.

The Kitchen

This is the room that we plan on taking the slowest. Obviously, we do not want to be out of a kitchen for weeks and weeks, so we will do some of the work ourselves, little by little. The will leave the hard stuff up to the professionals. Things like the new island with storage drawers, new walls and counter tops. I will purchase a sink from Overstock.com that I love and came with an awesome price tag! We will most likely be adding granite counter tops, but have yet to decide on colors. The backslash will be tiled with white porcelain subway tiles to be installed by the Mr. and myself. We will refinish the cabinet doors and drawers one by one and purchase updated hardware. We will most likely also purchase a new refrigerator (stainless steel) and a new range (stainless steel as well). This room just scares me again, because it needs so much work and I cannot stand messiness, so, this renovation will drive me nuts!