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Display Name: Sarah Joshua
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Member Since: 9/25/12

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This is going to be so much fun :) I'm excited to start organizing my home!

My husband and I moved into our rental apartment just about 1.5 months ago. We're still buying basic furniture (yup...we don't have our dining table yet!) so our list is really long....but the most important points are here:

Entrance:
-Make a nice doorplate/ door hanging/ welcome wreath
-Fix outside light and clean lamp shade
-Get a shoe-rack

Living Room/ Hall :
-Find a seating arrangement that works
-Create a 'landing area' for keys and small items
-Hang photo frame on wall facing door - take photos and print. Frame my brother's seascape painting and hang it up

Hall Balcony:
-Get some green plants - flowering cacti/ money plants?
-Re-tie the clothesline
-Get a small shelf to hold clothespins and plants

Dining Room:
-Hang up the curtains
-Buy a dining table and chairs

Kitchen:
-Fix leaky tap of water dispenser
-Get and install magnetic knife rack
-Get a spoon stand
-Add some framed art
-Get a clock for the kitchen
-Get a kitchen timer
-Find a shelf for my cookbooks

Kitchen Balcony:
-Fix the drippy sink and create a proper washing area
-Tie a clothes line to use in monsoon seasons

Common Bathroom:
-Fix the broken tap in the washbasin
-Fix the leaky flush tank
-Fix the unusable commode

Guest Bedroom:
-Organize household linens into the closet
-Put away holiday decorations into overhead storage
-Organize laundry and cleaning supplies elsewhere (not in dressing area )
-Find a place for the laundry basket

Guest Bathroom:
-Permanently unclog drains
-Fix tubelight
-Make the flush tank stop dripping

Master Bedroom:
-Organize top of dresser
-Hang one piece of art
-Reorganize my Closet

Master Bathroom:
- Hang artwork
-Vacuum doormat

Office Room:
-Fix leaky window pane that drips onto our floor
-Move plastic table in and set up workstation
-Hang one piece of art - Get my brother's jeep painting framed.
-Get curtains for window
-Fix the internet connection (Wi-Fi)
-Organize our important documents and papers
-Hang a blackboard/ bulletin board

Mid-area:
-Hang artwork

---------Sorry for the really long list!!


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