Gotta love a list

Taking a page out of Young House Love's book, I decided that in order to help me focus I should come up with a room - by - room list of things to accomplish or what I would like to do with each room.  Since I am a renter I can't do any major changes ( I would like my security deposit back), but here are my plans for making the apartment my own, and still getting my deposit when I move:

The Family Room

• Hang Curtains - I have curtains I would like to use, I just need to hang them
• Build/create a bar area
• Devise a better pantry system - since there's very little space in the kitchen our pantry and food storage needs to be in this room
• Baskets for blanket storage - instead of the (clean) trash cans I've been keeping them in
• Slipcover for sofa and arm chair
• Recover pillows
• Gallery wall
• Add some plant life

The Kitchen/ our "Galley"

• Spice storage above the burners of the stove
• Storage above the fridge (shelves?)
• Storage above the washer/dryer
• Organize under the sink
• Go through dishes (again) to create more space to move some food storage to the kitchen
• Paint the back wall or stencil?
• Add some type of back splash

The Bathroom

• Paint the walls - when I first saw this, the other renters had painted it a wonderful blue so I was sad to see the tan
• Devise some sort of towel storage
• Hang shower curtain high (and get new, taller shower curtain)
• Hang art
• Above toilet storage

The Balcony

• Add lighting, perhaps solar lights?
• Seating is a must, currently scouring Craigslist for wicker furniture that is in need of some loving
• Rug
• Outdoor coffee table
• More plants

*I haven't forgotten the bedroom, but I'm attempting to whip up an inspiration board and take a better "in progress" picture to convey some of my ideas.

So who else has a list of what needs to be done around their place?  Any other renters out there who struggle to make their place "homey" while still getting their deposit back?