Summer DIY Plans

With the summer off from school (besides all the relaxing, reading, PD and planning I want to get done) we have several things that I want to do around the house.  Here's the list to help keep us (mainly me) accountable:

• Fix the screen porch door - done! It didn't close fully as the door was installed level but the porch isn't level, and it had this crappy spring as a closer so I installed a proper slow closing hinge
• Finish caulking the edges of the screened in porch, especially where mosquitos can get in
• Paint the kitchen cabinets a white - the dark cabinets facing north in a galley kitchen that goes all the way to the ceiling is way too claustrophobic for me, exact white TBD
• Repaint the half bath in semi-gloss - flat paint was the wrong choice, especially around the sink
• Paint the shutters for the half-bath and then install them
• Replace some ancient outlets
• Build a pantry in the kitchen 

We'll see if we end up repainting the master bedroom, the upstairs hall bath (I'll eventually want to redo the brown tile, but that's down the road), and the upstairs guest bedroom.

Then outside we have even more to do, some need (like dealing with the flooding) and some want (tear out those holly bushes that keep sticking me! Terraced raised planter bed, rain garden and permeable patio) - but lots deals on how much we can DIY and what we need to hire out.  

We'll see what gets done!