My SIL did that in her basement, the unfinished part of basement is where she and the girls scrapbooked/did crafts. So they hung cute fabric on the walls to 'decorate' and it looked cute! Also if the landlord lets you, you can paint the concrete floor, then put down a few fun rugs the girls would like. Target and places like that have big sales for back to school on all of those 'lounging' things for college kids but hey take advantage of the savings.
Awesome job sticking to a budget. I actually had a guy call last night from another city trying to get backers to invest in his company. It was so easy to say, "I am working on becoming debt free and I can't help you right now." Knowing you have a plan helps make a lot of decisions easier--not that I invest in strangers any way
