How the List for June Went

I’m a slacker.  I did exactly what I wanted in June and got very little accomplished. And I all but forgot about my to-do list. Everything on the list is something I must personally:

• do or
• pay for or
• oversee.

I made a few accomplishments not on the list like:

• pinning down the shower waterproofing installer to the 3rd week in July.
• exchanging the wrong trim for the right stuff with the lumber yard and getting a full refund.
• eating fresh vegetables from the garden.
• fixing the piano bench.
• meeting Jessica from Cape of Dreams.
• fixing two clocks.
• fixing my bedside lamp.
• buying a new duvet cover.

The list I was actually supposed to accomplish follows:

• Paint and set up potager fence – Between the rain and the heat I have hardly stepped outside.

  

  The fence at the entrance to the potager needs one more section.

• Buy wallpaper or fabric for dining room

  

  The new dining room wallpaper.

• Paint dining room paneling –  Put on back burner until the new wallpaper is in place.

  

  The dining room is set up for wallpapering then the paneling can be painted white.

• Paint TV trays

  

  Metallic charcoal dries to an enamel-like sheen.

• Prime and paint linen closet – On the next clear day I’ll set up the paint sprayer and git ‘er done now that the paint is mixed.

  

  The top section has been installed now I need to paint the bottom.

• Mix paint for linen closet – I chose a Benjamin Moore swatch called “Secret” and mixed a close match with surplus paint in a semi-gloss finish.

  

  I mixed a half gallon of grey paint for the bedroom bookshelves and linen closet.

• Arrange bedroom furniture

  

  The old dresser is ready for our new bedroom.

• Hang pictures in upstairs hall

  

  Another gallery wall is planned.

• Paint yellow trays

  

  My first attempt at painting the yellow trays was hideous.

• Find pale pink cotton king-sized sheets for a reasonable price .

  

  New sheets

• Design book shelves – Paint and install bookshelves in master bedroom.

  

  I printed a photograph and drew on it to get a feel for the scale of the future master bedroom shelves.

• Trim island toe kick and stain

  

  The toe-kick needs another coat of stain.

• Varnish shoe molding
• Paint trim with spray painter

  

  Partly finished, tons more to do.

• Install trim
• Stain the back stairs to the conservatory
• Buy exterior paint for the shingles
• Door knobs for the new doors

  

  Doors are not very useful until the knobs are installed.

• Take the road trip postponed from April.

This unfinished list will move into July.  Charlie, of course, is ever-committed to his garden so we are eating fresh cucumbers and French beans. How do you get through the dog days of summer?