When people rent they tend to not hand things or decorate or in general do things that would normally make your house your home. In our first apartment we hung a few things, but didn't do a whole lot. The last apartment, while not much was hung, I think we did a little bit better. And our current apartment, well I think we're doing pretty good at turning it into our home. I think it does help that we know we'll be here for a while, at least 2 years, if not 3. So its easier to put a little work into it knowing you can enjoy it for some period of time.
Not to long ago my grandparents came down and help us with the place. They helped us with so many things.... many things we never would have been able to do or get around to doing. It was great.
The closet in the office is awfully small... actually its so small that its not deep enough to really hang a hanger in there, so that seemed like wasted space. We ended up hanging shelves in there and created so much more storage! Its great!

In the kitchen we don't have a lot of space and so one space saving idea was to hang a spice rack so that all our spices didn't take up a whole shelf. Not only did that get hung, but a cabinet that used to be in our bathroom was hung above the stove for some of the cooking basics, like oil and cooking spray.

Many other little jobs were done also. Some of those included hanging the railing in the front stairway, hanging our initial letters above the fireplace, hanging the blinds in the dining room and hanging our new mailbox.
It was great to get all that done. My favorite thing that was done was Gpa made us a bench and shelf (just like the one from Pottery Barn!) for our entry way. I LOVE it! And then Gma made a cushion to put on it and 2 small pillows.

Of course we also had a great time just hanging out with Gma and Gpa. We were able to take them to some of our favorite places and show them around a little bit. We also played a little Wii... which is always fun!