Cleaning up the blog

Now that my blog has a sassy new look, and since it's the season for organization, I'm cleaning up my sidebar today.  I've had a "To Do" list living there for some time, and I haven't updated it in ages.  I'm actually pretty pleased looking back at everything!  Here's a list of all I had plans to do and what I've done.  I've gone ahead and highlighted the "done" things in green, the "Woops, I completely forgot about/ignored these things"in red, and the "I'm workin' on it" things in blue.

• Finish digging out pool - This is in progress, it's back breaking work!!  I'm too cheap to rent the right tools, but boy are we getting a great work out swinging those sledgehammers =)
• Add pictures to frames - Nope.  Most of the picture frames in our home (and there are many) still have weirdo generic art in them.  Ugh.  It's so hard to decide which photos to print!
• Declutter bedroom - It's been done a few times, but it just seems to keep piling up.  We have a friend who lives with us and so we essentially only have a one bedroom home with no office.  Thus the paper monster is intense around here.  That's one of my goals for this year... More to come on that later =)
• Buy cushions for dining chairs - IKEA, baby!  They're not the most attractive, but at least our butts aren't sore anymore.
• Install vent in guest bath - This still isn't done, but hasn't proven to really be a problem.  Perhaps I should outsource this one to Eric.  Cutting holes in the ceiling sounds like something he'd love.
• Replace and paint pantry doors - This isn't done either (I'm not looking good here, am I??).  But I've begun pricing it out and gathering ideas, which is more than I had done before.
• Buy new dishwasher - This is a big investment, hopefully it'll happen some day!
• Buy new refrigerator - Another big investment, but I want this one more than the dishwasher.
• Sew pillows - DONE!  If you missed it, check here, and here
• Add trim to curtains - I decided against this one.  I like the curtains to hang out in the background (See what I did there?? "Hang" out?), rather than compete for the center of attention.
• Hem curtains - Done!  Check out the journey here and here.
• Hang curtain rods - Also done!  See the above curtain links =)
• Spray paint wall sconces - I did this... and hated it.  I'm hoping to choose a better color as part of another upcoming project  *get excited!*
• Paint pantry - done (twice, hee hee!) read about it here.
• Paint laundry room - I'm being indecisive about this one. I may want to stencil one wall - but that sounds hard... so maybe not ;)
• Remove popcorn ceiling - we're doing it!  Only 2 more rooms and hundreds of hours (ugh) left.  Read more here.
• Paint living room - indecisive here too.  I have some colors in mind, but I also don't want to do anything until the ceilings are completed, as it would just ruin the paint job.
• Paint family room and hall - these are the same color as the living room and I have the same reservations =(

It looks from this list like I haven't done much, but this post begs to differ!  The first big project I hope to conquer is our pantry doors, but you know how inspiration goes... Perhaps I'll find myself engrossed in a different project =)  For now here's some inspiration I'm gathering for my pantry doors...

Gorgeous, right?  I think I can make the whole thing happen for under $70 - stay tuned! Happy Thursday, friends!