The Abundant Wife

When you move into a new place, or eyeball your old place, you may be wondering the same thing I was.  Seasonal decor isn’t exactly high on our budget priorities right now.  So I was really excited when I spotted some fall leaves leftover from my teaching days!  There were four strands, so I laid […]

When we moved into our new place, the room that needed the most work was the bathroom.  The property manager had the toilet repaired and new flooring put in, which meant our friends on committee were not able to get in there to work on the insides of the cabinets, or spackle the walls.  Then […]

When Brad and I arrived at our new place, we were told that it had a lot of potential, but it was in need of some love.  One of the places that was most obvious was around the outside of our house.  So Brad and I (and even Naomi) have been spending a lot of […]

Our kids have not been sleeping as well since we moved, and one of the main reasons is their bedroom!  At my parents’ house, they slept in a dark, cool, windowless bedroom in the basement.  In our new place, they are on the main floor with two big windows and no window coverings.  During the […]

One of the most inexpensive ways that you can update any property inexpensively is PAINT!  That is, with the permission of the property manager, of course.  Our new rental property was in desperate need of some updates, so our property manager accepted less than half of the security deposit if we were willing to handle […]

I wish I had a “BEFORE” picture to show you!  Things look very different around here.  I spent yesterday morning redecorating our basement room.  There is only so much redecorating you can do when you don’t own the home where you live, but I try to make the best possible use of our space.  Here […]