I hear ya.  So far I've spent the summer deep cleaning my house, getting rid of 80% of my stuff, and redoing the downstairs.  And I've only just started.  Sigh.  

11 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

deep cleaning my house, getting rid of 80% of my stuff,

Oh my.  I'm renovating 1550 square feet in the barn for my projects.  (The house is only 1300 sq ft, for the record)

and by renovating, that means removing old stuff down to the studs and in one area, replacing even the studs and floorboards, wiring, insulation, sheetrock.  It's going to be a long project.

3 minutes ago, Myr said:

Oh my.  I'm renovating 1550 square feet in the barn for my projects.  (The house is only 1300 sq ft, for the record)

and by renovating, that means removing old stuff down to the studs and in one area, replacing even the studs and floorboards, wiring, insulation, sheetrock.  It's going to be a long project.

I like stuff and tend to hold onto too much of it.  Consequently, I ended up with more stuff than space.  I'm a single person in a 1300 sq ft house, so it's a bit silly to not have room for anything.  It feels great to be able to fit everything into my closets now.  I need to get some estimates to have my bathroom redone and for new windows.  Then I need to have my siding restained, the foundation filled in (minor repair... not as major as it sounds), and repaint the inside.  Oh and my front door needs refinishing.  The last week of July I have a friend visiting for a week and we're going to tackle my model horse collection.  That's something else that's grown out of control.  So I'll be selling off quite a bit of that so I can actually display it, plus have some money toward funding all this work.  Sounds like we both have some long projects  Your barn is going to be fantastic when it's done.  It's already an impressive space.