The Secret to Organizing Home Projects & Repairs – Free Printables
While in the paint store the other day, a lady looked at my samples and said to me with a smile, “Choosing a paint color is more difficult than buying a car.”
I laughed, looking down at my dozens of shades of blues and greens.
I was sitting in the paint store with my toddler (who behaves perfectly when he gets to choose his own paint chip at the end) looking through samples of whites and greens.
Also in hand, I had a sample of the flooring being used, and I was trying to envision the white chair rail running through the dining room. It was a little overwhelming!
When I was finished with my choices, rather than dumping all the paint chips and floor samples in a drawer, I wanted to have everything organized- so it was easy to see the exact paint colors and flooring used. Thus, my DIY home improvement printables were born!
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a place to store your paint chips and room samples along with notes on the work you did or had done in your home? Heck yeah! And, I needed this organization for my own home too.
Keep Your Home Improvement Efforts Organized
I created these free DIY home improvement printables to store all of the home improvement updates in one, easy-to-access place.
Not only will the home improvement printables keep a reference of paint colors and floor samples, but it serves as a record for all of your house projects and repairs. I divided the worksheets into three categories – interior, exterior, and appliances.
You can keep a log of the home improvement work you or your contractor completed by room (including walls, floors, cabinets, countertops). This serves as your paint color reference too.
You can keep your exterior work organized (tree work, siding, roof, etc), and appliance maintenance (including when they were serviced/replaced and contractor information). The DIY home improvement printables keep all of these records organized in one place.
Also, you can download all of the worksheets in one download, or you can download just the pages you need, but these printables will have you organized in no time!
Simply hole punch them or put the printables in a sheet protector and place them in a binder, according to section. You can also keep contractor receipts and records, stored behind the log of the work done.
No more digging through file folders looking for the contractor that installed your fans. No more searching the garage for that leftover can of paint that may or may not exist.
And, the best part?
Down the road, when you go to put your house on the market, you can leave out the bound home improvement printables for your showings. It will show prospective buyers that you took great care of your home and are leaving them with information that goes above and beyond.
With all of the time you spend updating your home – choosing paint colors, installing new flooring, researching contractors, you owe it to yourself to keep all of this home improvement information in one easy-to-find place.
All of your home improvement updates, records, and files can be placed in this binder, in an organized, seamless fashion.
These printables are great! My husband and I bought a house last August, and we have projects coming out of our ears. I’m naturally disorganized, so trying to get everything in order is a huge challenge for me. I appreciate you posting these!
Thank you SO much, Amy! I’m pretty disorganized too – so they have been helping me too! Good luck with all of your projects 🙂
What a great idea. We’ve been redoing our decorating recently and I could’ve done with these. I’ll save them for next time. 🙂
#CreativeMondays
Thanks Morgan! Sounds great:)
Such a great idea! I have done VERY modified versions… sometimes. I keep intending to do it like you have done, but haven’t yet…. 🙂
Thanks! It’s keeping me very organized 🙂
What handy printables #CreativeMondays
Thanks Fiona! 🙂
I love these!! We just bought a house and the colors are horrible. I did paint my dining room/school room over the weekend.
Thanks Sheena! Painting is the best way to make a new home your own:) hope the printables are helpful:)
We are in the midst of home renovations and I agree that it can certainly be overwhelming. We have not gotten to pint choices yet. We are waiting for the floor, cabinets and counters to be installed first.
Hope the renovation is going well – it can be so stressful! The printables can help organize your floor, cabinet and counter choices too:)
this is awesome, thank you. I am in the middle of getting everything organized around here, so this is very helpful. thanks, and have a nice upcoming weekend.
You’re welcome Claudia! I’m glad you find them helpful:)
I love these and your handwriting is fabulous! Wish I could download that! Pinning and printing, thank you so much.
Awww thanks Trudy!! What a nice compliment:))
Those printables are adorable! What a great way to keep track of all your projects! Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Thanks Leslie! Hoping to be more organized now:)
Sounds like a great way to stay organized! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Thanks Jann:)
This is a really smart idea. I also like how pretty they are. When its pretty I am much more likely to remember to use them.
Haha me too, Leanna!! When the things are pretty, I look forward to using them:)
Great idea – everyone needs to organize their projects.
Yes! I needed the organization too:)
You must have read my mind! I was just thinking the other day I needed to write down our paint colors for our house. Great printables!
Thanks Cassie!!:) now you can keep them all in one place!
These printables are a great idea to keep your projects on track. Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at #BloggersPitStop. I have shared on social media. Have a great week and see you at next week’s link up! Sue from Sizzling Towards Sixty & Beyond
http://www.sizzlingtowardssixty.com.au
Thanks so much, Sue! We appreciate he compliments and shares:) have a great week!
Thanks so much for sharing these printables! They should be perfect for when my husband and I move into our new place 😀
#TheSwayLife
You’re welcome Mary! I’m glad you find them helpful:)
What handy Printables Eileen – perfect for decorating projects
Thanks Amber! So glad you like them:)
Handy printables! Thanks for sharing them at the #InspiraitonSpotlight party. Pinned & sharing
Thanks very much, Theresa! So happy you like them:)
What a great way to stay organized. Your printables look terrific. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle. Pinning
Thanks Bev! They are keeping me much more organized:)
Such a great idea for staying organized. Thanks for sharing these great printables! I also wanted to let you know you will be the feature this week at the Friday at the Fire Station link-up!
Thanks Jen! I was so excited when I saw it featured! Thank you SO much!
Truth be told it can get quite hectic when doing home improvements. I know that these printables would be such a great help to keep things under control.
Thanks so much Mary! They are already helping my organization:)
How fabulous are these printables!! I’ve pinned them to the party board so i can use them later and also so others can download them too. Thank you for linking them up at Create, Bake, Grow and Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring the printables at tonight’s party.
Hugs,
Kerryanne
Thanks so much, Kerryanne! I was so excited to see our printables featured on your link party! Thanks for the pin too:)
THANK YOU !!
You are very welcome, Ronald!
This is so helpfull! I love being organized and having a clear head while I engage in some home projects!
Thanks so much Johlene! Me too:)
Just found your blog, my husband has wanted a work table that works for him! Love the fold away work table!
We are getting ready to buy a new house, so Your
Printable for the whole house house colors etc. is point
on for us!
Also, what kind of dog do you have? Looks like
partipoodle !!! Wondering where to find one!
Thank you in advance for your help!!
Hi Carrie! So happy you found us 🙂 We love doing DIYs with work tables and storage, so we definitely have a bunch. I’m glad you like the home improvement printables too! They are great at keeping everything organized. Our dog is actually a labradoodle 🙂 We got him on a farm in Pennsylvania. He was the only one in his litter with black fur (the rest were golden colored), and the breeder said his fur would turn gray, which it did 🙂 Thanks again for your compliments! Hope you are having a lovely week!