Our House Planning Notebook

With all of the traveling back and forth we wanted to create the notebook so all of our lists, ideas, and notes were all in one place.
We purchased a sketchbook and divided it into eight sections; one for each room of the house, the outdoor space, and a place for calendars notes and lists.
In the space for calendars we gave each month a page for the calendar and a few pages for notes about that month, like when we met who where and what appliances we looked at and how much they were.  In the sections for each space we first added a list of all the things that we wanted to be done to the space, for example what the contractor would be doing. We also added a list of items we need/want for each space so we could add notes when we find something or check it off when it is purchased.  Each space has inspirational images for each space to show our contractor how we want each space to feel as well as paint and fabric samples to reference when shopping for things to go in that room.

As our moving date draws near, another important thing in the notebook was a moving checklist.  Making the checklist now, a few months from moving makes sure that we will get everything we want done, without forgetting to do it when things get busy or waiting until last minute to finish.