Works For Me: Home Remodeling Notebook

Jason and I started remodeling our home the end of January. We bought this house last September and we didn't want to do all of the work during the holidays, so we waited. Now, I realize that you may think that I have a thing for three-ring-binders. Not so. There are only 2, and this is the second one I am sharing. I was looking through it because we are going to be starting on the Master Bathroom/Bedroom, so I thought that other people might benefit from my OCD tendencies.


During those first months of remodel anticipation I started a "Remodeling Book". All of the labels you see are stickers that I made with a Creative Lettering program that I have and letter size sheets of sticker paper. (my sister got them from the Medical Transcriber who worked at the office she worked at. I have a million partial sheets that I use for stuff like this. She only used one sheet per patient and then threw the rest of the paper away! Can you believe it???)




I have a section for each room of the house. I started with the front of the house and worked my way back so that I could find each room fast. You could do it alphabetical if you wanted.



I wrote down everything that I wanted to change/fix in that particular room. As I accomplished those things I would cross it off. I even wrote down what paint color I wanted for that room.



I added plastic pocket holders to hold the ideas from magazines and newspaper ads that gave me an idea, or a piece of furniture that I wanted. I labeled these "Sample Ideas".



In the very last few pockets that I had left over I held all of the color samples that I had collected from the store. I also have one that I kept ALL receipts in because I took A LOT of stuff back to the store!



Now, go over to Shannon's place and see what else works!