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Our twins outgrew the baby stage and our duplex was drowning in gear. Here's exactly what we kept, what we sold, and what we gave away.

We rent an old, leaky duplex, so no solar panels or new windows. Here are the small, renter-friendly changes that cut our PG&E bill by $61.

Dan's an HVAC tech, so I asked him how renters can keep a small place cool in a heat wave. His answers were cheaper than I expected.

How we childproofed our rented duplex for climbing twins using renter-friendly fixes, landlord conversations, and zero surprise holes.

Our duplex has no playroom and two 2-year-olds with a lot of toys. Here's the toy storage setup that's held up for almost a year.

We were paying for internet speed we never used, plus renting a router. One phone call and a little homework cut our bill by $38 a month.

Not spotless, just livable: the daily, weekly and monthly cleaning rhythm that works in our small two-bedroom duplex with twin toddlers.

How we decorated a small duplex for the holidays with 20-month-old twins: what went up high, what stayed down low, and what we skipped.

How we fit two cribs, a dresser and our sanity into a 10-by-11 bedroom in our rented duplex, with no painting and no drilling allowed.