I don't call that lazy...I call it frugal and using your money wisely!

Honestly. Handles are just something else to clean. I'm not gonna pay more money to make more work for myself.

And Nala is like your thoughts, she instantly came to show that she is a good guard dog, too. Love them Both, Mr. Rocky and Ms. Nala. ❤❤❤❤

I wouldn’t buy a house with those tiles, personally. We’ve worked with that kind in past years and it’s not pleasant. Our cupboards don’t have handles, either. My husband made them and put a divot on each door where you would open them. They look amazing!

The official term is Hardware😂. And you’re so right about that costly item.

Have you done a video on how not to buy useless junk? Every time I go to buy something now I think what would prepper princess do.

I worked with a woman who had her kitchen remodeled. I nearly choked when she said she'd spent $3,000 on drawer and cabinet pulls. She doesn't even cook!

Not lazy. Instead patient and wise. Willing to wait. Makes sense to me.

What’s wrong with shelving in the kitchen for Glasses Dishwasher cookware etc. Julia Child did not have Cabinets in her kitchen and she was a Chef. Her cookware hung on pegboard on the wall.

Hi PP, I see someone else made a similar suggestion but my husband and I recently redid our kitchen and my husband had to build a box to raise a cheaper cabinet we used for our island. He did a great job and you could not tell the difference between the cheaper cabinet and the nicer ones from Lowe’s. Maybe you could pull the cabinet by the stove forward and put a false side on it to make it look like a normal size. That way you can get a standard size countertop.

The handles on cabinets are like jewelry. They just jazz them up and make them look dressier which would appeal to a buyer. I agree about the counter tops. I only replaced mine with Quartz when they started to crack. You have a beautiful home and what a great job you've done.

Here's a story about a person being lazy, and taking a chance to save some money. I know a guy (aged 45, single) who quit his job in 2020 and is homeless since, all by his own choice. He has quite a good amount of cash savings, but he still goes around looking for free food offered by various charities. He says he will only look for a job after this health crisis is over. But just recently, I have found out that he's still hanging around doing nothing, and not looking for any job. He's still going around looking for free food.

I enjoy ur videos. I watch as many as I can. I am on fixed income. I need to be frugal. I was a homeowner 2x. I have no car no credit cards. I stink with them. I have no emergency fund. I left abusive situations. Made a run for it as soon as I could. Have tried ur cheap meal plans. Still alive. lol thanks looking forward to next. Love the dog shots at end. Very funny with flies

Looks good in the kitchen. A stand alone vent and some open shelves above the counter would look good. Possibly a butcher block counter top by the stove would look good. Not that your asking. Lol

I agree with you on most things but I disagree with the handles on cabinets but it's a must for me, the doors will get filthy and the finish wears away much more quickly with no hardware. I have a huge kitchen and found knobs and pulls for a fraction of the price on amazon

I find your cheerful yellow countertops to be lovely just as they are. Keep up your good work.

Thanks for the "lazy" tour and your reasonings. 😊

The house is looking great. I love the light green walls.

Asbestos in the tiles are safe so long as the tiles are intact & not crumbling & dusty ! But still a small health risk

I like the kitchen. Personally i like open shelves. You could do that, DIY.

Every military base including the one I live in now has NO handles in the kitchen cupboard shelfs. Military housing keeps up to code, mostly but at the cheapest way possible.

Wonderful content and encouragement, An over 40 percent tax hike and suddenly power costs are over $300 a month, I've chosen to find low income senior housing and getting ride of a 3 bedroom house that I live in alone. In preparation for moving I am downsizing and have the opportunity to donate all unnecessary furniture and household items to international business transfers. Thank you for making it all seem possible.

I am so lazy and cheap I didn't get a stove because there was no range hood. I use an air fryer, instant pot, and induction single burner cooktop for cooking everything. They are more energy efficient too!

Renovated my house a number of years ago, I installed second hand cabinets that cost me $1,700 for a large kitchen - replacement value would have been a minimum of $10,000. Because we were making use of what I had, there was one corner that needed a lower cabinet but we didn't have one to fit the space - we used an extra upper cabinet and built a base for it so it was out at the normal distance from the wall that a lower would be - the countertop covered it up and the toe kick covered the base we made - other than the fact that it that cabinet was a bit shallow, you would never know just looking at it.

Rocky and Nala are good guard dogs. 🥰

Hi Prepper Princess you are always doing the best job at saving and renovating your home. I am pretty bored since I have three more weeks until I get a back to my driving job. I am with the school teachers and students. I am trying to clean up my home and decluttering. It’s not an easy process. I have the old cottage cheese ceiling since 1975. I hope to sell my late parents one day to downsize. I think my home has some asbestos. It’s built in 1952. Most of the homes in my neighborhood homes are from the early 1950’s. Your home is clean and lovely. I am exhausted taking care of 3 bed 2 Bath. I have to wait I 55. It’s hard to do yard work with a large yard. My next door neighbors are spying on me. It’s possibly because I live alone with a few outdoor cats. Wish you lots of luck in improving and upgrading your home. Stay well and safe 👍😀🐶💖

The ceilings could have been covered in plastic shiplap. Never needing paint.

For the cabinet beside the stove, you could pull it forward to meet the front of the stove and then just cover the gap with a cabinet end panel.

Love watching your dogs. Thanks for including them 🙂

You're not lazy. You're patient.

We're doing some renovations too. Our next home we plan to not get a fixer upper again. It's such a pain I'd rather pay more if its already done.

I'm a fan but I have to disagree on a couple of points - the asbestos tile ceiling will definitely effect the value of your home - any buyer would see work and if they thought it through - asbestos abatement expenses. This translates to a lower value for your house, IF you wanted to sell it. From everything you've said, that's not your plan. If you're happy to live with it - that's fine, you've definitely saved some immediate expense, but I don't think you can say it doesn't effect the home value.

We've recycled an old upper cabinet as lower one, but we pulled it away from the wall so it was level with the stove. When the top was installed, the empty nook just stayed back there and is not noticable at all. Same could work here if that cabinet was moved between the stove and the fridge or if it stays put, just add paneling in the left end.

You could slide that shallow cabinet by the stove forward, even to the stove. Then fill in the space between the cabinet and wall with a spacer board. Paint to match. Then put a normal depth counter top on and no one will ever notice.

Great video, I used to play with asbestos when I was a kid. My dad had a cloth-like roll of it in the garage and I was amazed it wouldn't burn when I took his torch to it. I used to do my own brake jobs as a teenager. Asbestos was used in the brake lining at the time and I would blow off the brakes with compressed air without wearing a respirator. I'm now 71 and have zero health issues even after painting cars for a living for 14 years using paint that contained isocyanates.

No clutter...soooooo nice No handles...so nice Not millions of squeezed in cabinets...so nice...cute dogs🍓

I added storm windows to my home instead if replacing them. A fraction of the cost since they are in addition to the current windows. Almost 30 years later and no problems with them and it reduced my energy bills.

You could always bump out the cabinet next to the stove and cover it with a larger top

I definitely agree with you on just about everything you've shown us here. The only thing I would debate would be the windows, but of course that depends on the age and condition of the old ones. Most certainly, if you have old, leaded glass windows in a vintage replacing them would be really stupid....Unless they are in really bad condition. My home was built in 1950, and had wood-framed, single pane windows all throughout. My some miracle, none were broken when Hurricane Michael hit in 2018. However, I opted to replace them. Why? They made heating and cooling this house a nightmare. We're EXTREMELY hot in the summer and while not horrible winters, we do have nights at or below freezing. I moved in January 2021. By March, you seriously could not sit in either the dining room, living room or front bedroom until the sun had moved to the south side of the house. Then the front bedroom, and any room the sun hit from the back was roasting. Winter came, and the cold came right through the windows! They weren't drafty, but the cold came right through the glass! Not to mention that anything in direct sun deteriorated more quickly, especially curtains. New, energy efficient windows not only looked better, but they lowered my heating and cooling costs significantly. Bottom line, many home improvement projects are a matter of choosing your battles.

Just closed on my first house, and I'm 56. Yeah, it was a rental and it needs some structural work. But I'm keeping the kitchen as-is. With a deep clean, those cabinets may not be stylish, but they work just fine! Princess, I am right there with you--you have to pick your battles and consider the long game when investing in your real estate. Love you, please keep posting and sharing your knowledge!💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Pp, you really need to relace the asbestos ceiling. People will want to know abt that and will not buy..are you going to paint those brown cabinets in the kitchen? Painting them a shade of white would be nice....I still think you're the best!!

My house was built in the late 80s and has the golden oak kitchen cabinets with no hardware. I have never felt the need to add hardware or paint the cabinets. I actually like the wood look. The only thing I have done is occasionally lightly sand then apply a new coat of polyurethane when they get looking blah. I did get sick of the dingy brass hinges but just stained the hinges black. If I wait long enough the golden oak will come back in style right? LOL

I agree with you about cabinet handles. I end up taking a drawer handle off in my bathroom because my hair dryer cord kept getting caught on it.

I was thinking about investing some money into something, but I have NO idea where to start!

I have cabinet handles and still just open the cabinet by the corner! It looks cleaner without, you don't need them.

I wouldn't buy cabinets just to mount a hood vent. There are other vent options I've seen on This Old House. Plus, I like open shelving, which happens to be trendy, and I would research wall mounted vents. The vintage style would be my choice, but you will do you, and I'll watch and learn!

Being lazy - that was like honey for this busy bee! I dive into it with high expectations! (Bumblebees are one of my passions, too.)

You could put shelves up instead of cabinets. Espresso shelves. You could make floating shelves yourself and I'm sure it would look great and be a lot cheaper

Cool that you have a red door. In the old days only houses that were paid up could have red doors

Wonderful laziness.... I love that! ❤

If I ever purchase new cabinets, I will not have hardware! I like them without it looks neater! I think you are so thrifty and everything looks so nice! Thank you for sharing!

Beautiful house.

Your laziness’s looks amazing ! Love your home love older homes. ❤.

Maybe replace that abestos with painted over 1920s replica vintage print tin ceilings? A layer of havloc wool in the attic? Tin ceilings were invented for insulation purposes.

Instead of cabinets have shelves. Its really cheap. Get some nice wood boards and some brackets screwed into the walls. I have them in my kitchen. Holds everything nicely.Thinking of putting some more up on the other walls of the kitchen

many construction sites toss wood as it is not returnable unless bundled. start dumpster diving girl..curbside treasures await! FYI: i have file cabinets for my base cabinets pulled from dumpsters. no mice get into the stuff in the drawers and i got scrap laminate from home depot, also many sites show how to use laminate for painting countertops. you can do it rosie, roll up those sleeves

I don't think you're lazyyyyy at all. You just made financially sound decisions based on your experiences. I have alot of the same going on ie no pulls on kitchen cabinets. This is not my forever home but it's comfy and paid for. No additions extras here either.

That cabinet by the stove could be multifunctional if you put a butcher block counter top on it.

A thought. I have a roll out cart with 3 wire shelf-baskets that I keep my herbs, spices etc in that rolls in & out between my stove & refrigerator. ( I have very limited cabinets) Also sometimes the lumberyard/paint store have counter tops for a low cost as they cut them wrong. Might find the size you need. 🤓

I used upper cabinets- back to back to create a kitchen island… the best Island ever because they are not as deep as lower… stuff does not get lost and pushed to far back

Many people have a specific hardware color that they must have to be happy… I say let the buyer update hardware and fixtures to their taste.

Maybe you could have 1 central cabinet for the hood over the stove and right and left hand side open shelving. You are right about the handles aswell, especially for these kind of doors, you`re better off without the handles. It`s also less cleaning. Your reasoning about the countertops is spot on. In the end (time/value) it is cheaper to get a new one installed. And if one day you decide on painting your cabinets in a happy colour, you`ll have a new looking kitchen. About the asbestos I am a little worried for you. I am European, here asbestos is a big no no. Always happy to see a video of yours. Hahaha, Nala was jealous indeed 😆.

Wow single pane windows! I am looking at a house now and had an inspection done and one of the things they needed changed out is the single pane windows at approx $500 a window. I’m reevaluating what actually needs done so I really appreciate you mentioning this!! Always excellent content PP!!

Not lazy (which you are not) but able to put off instant gratification....that's the real reason for so many financial ills now....that and entitlement, which likely go hand in hand. I recall a woman stating (would be about 90+ if still alive) that she and her husband saved 10 years to get the dining set they wanted. It was their first vacation in a ridiculous amount of time. Older generations understood you cannot have it all, you cannot have it all NOW and if you don't have the funds, you simply don't get it.

I share the lazy part. My stove oven as being used to store pans since forever. Maybe 5 years ago, the door gave up and I stitch it with duck tape and some kind of wrapping paper. I just placed in the kitchen green décor to go with the green wrapping paper and since when my friends and family visit we laugh, together. I can afford new stove but I am too lazy to get it.

Vents can attach to the wall and you can then use shelves on the wall (instead of cabinets) to hold spices, unless you like your spices hidden in a cabinet. I am redoing my counters in my kitchen with a kit that I bought. But I will be painting the cabinets first. I’m tired of the brown look (60 years tired) so I’m painting the uppers white and the lowers dark blue. The biggest expense will probably be the cabinet pulls & knobs - I’m asking for gift certificates from the hardware store for my birthday and Christmas and this will pay for most of the supplies. Yep, I’m lazy too!

As far as replacing the windows… blackout curtains are cheap and come in all colors and designs. Save a bundle on electricity.

Love your home.

I enjoy your videos so much. I have done a lot of the things in my lifetime that you suggest by saving money and it has helped a great deal now that I'm older. So I think your advice is good I hope a lot of people follow it, especially the part about getting out of debt. It seems like the most people I know are so far in debt but my husband always said he wouldn't live that way and I'm glad he did

I like the clean lines of the kitchen cabinets without the handles.

You got your stove!! It is really nice!

It would of cost an arm and leg to remove that ceiling I would just do a paint and seal so you are not breathing any fibers. In Ohio we use to use that type of material on outside shingles and if you take them off to put a new siding YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT. People can put siding over it and not effect the price of siding

I don't understand the rational of replacing a light fixture to increase value of a room, yet not removing the asbestos.

Was the 12% dividend an exaggeration? Would like to hear what is offering such returns.

You’re not lazy at all! You’re working smarter not harder. Love your house! Craftsman’s are my favorite style!

awe i love nala and rocky together now

I have two floor lamps, One in my living room, one next to my bed. They match because I went back to Target and found the same lamp when I moved in here. I'm in a studio. I got so lucky on that!!

I don't call that lazy I call that practical. And by the way I love the clean look of cabinets without handles. And you know what I think even though I'm old enough to be your mother we were cut from the same mold oh my God I love the way you think. And I love the way you don't go along with whatever the latest fad is and whatever somebody tells you to do or whatever. I love that you think for yourself. I did something similar I found old beat up cabinets in the basement of this fixer-Upper house I purchased. I sanded it and got it upstairs and got a countertop for it it perfectly along one of the walls in my kitchen. And when all was said and done and I sanded the cabinets and sanded this piece and then stained them what they call gun stock they matched. Free cabinets junk that was abandoned in the basement

i am very much of the idea that if it ain't broke don't fix it. Don't spend money that doesn't need spending. It looks like you have a functional home there. You have everything you need. Why add to it.

Love these kind of videos! I would stink with the counters you have..if it ain't broke, don't fix it! They still look good and they work for you!

Love the built in in your dining room! Great video! Thank you!❤

Lazy is maybe the last word I would use to describe you, PP. I would just call it wisdom instead.

I personally am a fan of cabinet pull’s because I’m lazy and don’t want to be constantly cleaning the fingerprints off my cabinets😬 I still have the pulls from the previous owner even though they are definitely not my style because it will cost around $200 for what I like. That is a good style door for no pulls or knobs. There are some kitchens out there that hardware is necessary to get doors and drawers open.

New Windows DEFINITELY bring up the value of your house and Asbestos tiles DEFINITELY bring the value down. Where are you getting your information?🤔

Looks great long time follower.. love the new pups.. really grown up! My dog is whining I’ve got to let her out! An easy fix for cabinets pull handles.. pick them up at a habitat for humanity store. It would add a little flare! 😁

Just put up shelf’s,they look cool and cheap

I didn’t put handles on my cabinets either. 😊

Love that stove and fridge! So cute! Easy to clean it looks like I love that! LOVE U PP ROCKY N NALA LOVES🩵❣️🩵

I like the open shelves idea as mentioned by some other comments! The kitchen is coming together beautifully!! Regarding single pane windows, I don't have solar in my 1957 fixer, but we tried to clean the outsides of the old single pane windows and the weather stripping crumbled under our hands. There were places you could see daylight between the walls and the windows, We knew our heating/cooling energy was going straight outside. It was just under 10k to replace with vinyl double panes, and brand new fiberglass front door with tempered glass storm door. Weather tight now, and more secure. Not to mention, it keeps the bugs outside! Adds curb appeal and we're saving around 18% on our energy bills. I like in Missouri with very humid summers and about 4-6 weeks of below-freezing windy winters.

Hey from Canada. I do love your living room ceilings. It gives it " character".

There is something crazy going on with cabinet pricing right now due to the supply chain issues- family member ended up hiring a handy man and building their own custom cabinets due to the insane price on the "premade custom" cabinet market right now!

Just taking out asbestos would have probably cost thousands if all over the house.

We replaced the single pain glass windows & put up thermal blackout shades in my condo a few years back. It certainly keeps the inside warmer in winter & cooler in summers, (we don’t have AC or solar) hence lowers the power bill. But I think you’ve got to take a pencil ✏️ to paper before you make changes to a house. Solar never penciled out at our old house because we did other things to keep the power & natural gas bills low.

I've been in my house since 1979 and do not have cabinet handles because I hate cleaning around them. Lazy.

Yep, shopping around to make sure that you get the very best deal and only paying for what's needed is so important. I just spent a couple of days calling around for new homeowners insurance and even though my old policy increased by almost double over the last couple years, I just found a great new deal with a different company for about 600 less. Because I'm not paying for stuff I don't need

I love having a lower cabinet like you have by the stove. It’s easier for me to knead bread dough or make pie crusts. Good to see the sweet pups! Your home is really coming along!

Heck yeah P.P. spot on with this conversation 😊 Btw bun heads rule cuz I’m one 5 days a week(Ballet teacher 🩰😁) yup everything makes sense when analyzing what is really needed. Rocky and Nala woof woof 🐶 shout out❤

We saved over 300.00 in our kitchen by not installing hardware on our cabinets and drawers

Thank you for the house tour and tips. Its wise to know when its appropriate to spend money and when its best to be content. I really like your clean, tidy home. Yay on the stove finally arriving!!

I'm very lazy too as regards renovations of any kind. I call that " having an appreciation for the vintage " lol. And as for cabinets or counter tops, today's ones are so much worse quality wise than those made in preceding decades, I won't change mine. Yours are just fine, by the way, just the way they are !