100th post reflection

When I started this blog almost a year ago, I was looking for some distraction from a much too hectic life (two jobs, two kids, a house in need of TLC.)  Many things have changed since then:  minus one job but plus one puppy...but the house is still here, and I'm still enjoying tackling new projects and writing about them (as incentive to actually *finish* what I start!)

Here are some of the bigger projects we worked on this year:

1.  Adding a new light fixture in the dining room

2.  Dealing with a leaky basement

3.  Instead of merely fixing problems with tile in the bathroom, retiling the bathroom wall

4.  Getting a new fence and shed installed

5.  Switching bedrooms & offices with Conor

6.  New patio and benches in the backyard

7.  Installing new flooring in the sunroom (my favourite DIY project of the year!)

Along the way, we also made a few smaller-scale updates (too many to list them all!), including getting a new rug for the living room, new chairs in the dining room, and updating window treatments in the living room and Julia's room.  These small projects helped keep me going during the times when the large projects were feeling too overwhelming.

What's on your agenda for the new year?  Lots of little updates, or fewer, large-scale projects?  What would you like to read more about here?  Don't be shy!  I've appreciated each and every one of your comments, it's great to feel like a part of a "DIY community" of sorts.  Keep 'em coming, don't make me beg!