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4 Projects. 4 Weekends. 4 Hours.

Holly Honeycutt

By Holly Honeycutt
Updated July 24, 2020

You have projects that you’d like to get done, but you don’t want to lose your whole weekend doing them. Just set aside four hours every weekend for a month, and you’ll have your small space spruced up in no time. Use our checklist to mark off the tasks as they're completed.

Skill

Beginner

Time

Few Hours

An image of a woman in three different stages of painting a white wall blue.

Weekend 1: Décor

2 woman hanging pictures on a striped wall

__ Rearrange furniture.

__ Replace your pillows and throws.

__ Hang curtains.

__ Hang shelving.

__ Add a rug.

__ Hang a mirror or pictures.

__ Paint an accent wall or whole room.

__ Add lamps.

__ Replace door knobs.

Weekend 2: Kitchen

A person using a Purdy paint brush to apply white cabinet paint over primed brown cabinets.

__ Add peel and stick under cabinet lighting.

__ Install cabinet organizers.

__ Add new cabinet hardware.

__ Clean and refinish cabinets.

Weekend 3: Bathroom

A woman holding up a two-handle chrome bathroom faucet.

__ Paint your bathroom.

__ Replace the faucet.

__ Add a medicine cabinet and vanity light.

__ Replace the shower head.

__ Paint the vanity and add hardware.

__ Replace towel bars  and other accessories (towel bar, toilet roll holder, robe hook, etc.).

__ Replace the shower curtain, rod and hooks.

__ Add organizers.

Weekend 4: Storage and Organization

A woman working on a laptop at a round table in a home office with blue walls and green accents.

__ Install wire or wood shelving in the closet.

__ Add cabinet organizers to the kitchen or bathroom.

__ Organize the spice rack and pantry.

__ Hang shelving for books and knickknacks.

__ Add over-the-door solutions to the pantry, cabinet doors and closets.

Extra Credit

A woman pouring water from a green pitcher onto flowers in blue and green planters outside.

So you've tackled the 4 Weekends checklist and you're inspired to do more? Head outside and work on the patio.

__ Create a container garden.

__ Paint planters.

__ Add a vertical garden.

__ Hang window boxes.

__ Add a new bench or bistro furniture.

__ Replace chair cushions and throw pillows.

__ Install outdoor lighting.

__ Put down an outdoor rug.