Home Decor
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7 Creative Ways to Light Up a Dim Room In Your Rental
Of all the amenities you may require in your rental, sufficient lighting may not top the list over more important features such as square footage,…
Apartment Living
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3 Ways to Deal with a Wall Color You Don’t Like
Wall color not only sets the tone for your style and decor, but it can also influence your mood and how much you like a…
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Apartment Living
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Decorating Your Apartment for Work-From-Home Success
With advances in digital technology, more and more people are now working from home. But while working from home provides a lot of opportunities and…
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Apartment Living
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How to Setup a Multi-Purpose Space
When looking for an apartment to rent, it’s not uncommon to have to settle for a less-than-ideal floor plan because of budget, location, availability, or other…
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DIY
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Should I Paint My Rental?
Of all the “tools” in a renter’s “toolbox,” paint is a favorite. Not only is it relatively inexpensive and usually reversible, but it is truly one…
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Apartment Living
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How to Declutter Your Rental (In Just 5 Steps!)
Apartment living is notorious for being tight on space. And even if you’re lucky enough to find a spacious layout with ample closets, added (deep) storage…
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Apartment Living
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Easy Ways to Cut Your Energy Costs In Your Rental
When living in an apartment, it can often feel like your energy usage (and consequent cost) are out of your control. Afterall, you can’t install insulation…
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DIY
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15 DIY Projects to Hide Your Tech In Plain Sight
Technological gadgets around the home aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. And while they certainly make life fun and convenient, the cords, boxes, speakers, consoles, and monitors…
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Apartment Living
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How to Label Your Moving Boxes Like a Pro
Being part of a military family, our entire household has been boxed up and moved seven times. One thing I’ve learned through all these moves is…
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Apartment Living
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8 Creative Ways to Fold Napkins for Year Round Entertaining!
Whether you’re hosting a small, informal gathering in your apartment or a fancy, sit-down dinner, napkins are a fun, quick, and easy way to add a…
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DIY
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DIY Confetti Party Poppers
The holiday season is upon us, and many special days and reasons to celebrate are approaching! Whether you’re throwing a formal dinner party or an informal…
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Apartment Living
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3 Things to Try if Your Dishwasher Sucks at Cleaning Dishes
Just because your rental has a dishwasher doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on your way to effortless daily dish duty. Pulling less-than-clean dishes from a dishwasher is…
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Apartment Living
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5 Ways to Make Your Rental Feel More Like Home
Whether it’s your first place or one hundredth, moving into a new place can be very exciting. There is just something wonderful about having your own…
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Apartment Living
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How to Maximize Space in Your Kitchen Cabinets
You’ve moved into your new apartment and started to unpack kitchen boxes. As you begin to put things away, you notice all the cabinets are a…
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DIY
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DIY Halloween Treat Buckets
Beyond decorating your door with pumpkins and other frightful accessories, another fun idea for welcoming Trick-or-Treaters to your door is to make some DIY Halloween Treat…
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Home Decor
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3 Ways to Deal with Ugly Carpet In Your Rental
One of the most frustrating aspects of living in a rental is not being able to make permanent changes to it. While this typically means you…
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Home Decor
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Master These DIY Skills to Decorate Your Rental
So you’ve found a great rental! It’s in the right location at the right price and is the perfect layout. The only problem? It’s a true…
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DIY
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12 DIY Art Projects To Fill Up Your Empty Walls
You just moved into your new rental, and you can’t wait to start making it like home. But once you’ve painstakingly purchased basic furnishings and other…
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Apartment Living
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Don't Hesitate to Change These Things in Your Rental
One of the most frustrating things about living in a rental is the inability to make “real” changes to the size, structures and layout of the…
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DIY
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9 Gift Ideas to Bring To Your Next Party
If they haven’t started already, the invitations to holiday parties, and gift exchanges, will soon start rolling in! While these occasions are a fun way to…
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DIY
6 Min. Read
DIY Christmas Ornaments Using Instagram Photos
The winter holidays are a time to fill our homes and lives with traditions, and the things that hold special meaning for us and our families.…
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Apartment Living
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Tips and Tricks for Keeping Your Rental Carpets Clean
Maintaining clean carpets can be one of the most stressful aspects of rental living. Not only are they one of the most examined and fined amenities…
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Food and Entertaining
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Budget-Friendly Thanksgiving Table Decor Ideas
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, and you might already be brainstorming recipes to try, friends and family to invite, and decor to arrange. While you may be…
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Apartment Hunting
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7 Strategies to Cut the Cost of Moving & Save
Moving can be a lot of things: stressful, exhausting, fun and exciting. But most of all, it can be expensive! Between packing supplies and cleanings, opening…
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Apartment Hunting
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Move Out Cleaning – DIY or Hire It Out?
When you vacate a rental, it is usually expected to be clean. Each property manager or rental agency has its own requirements, and if you don’t…
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Apartment Hunting
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Be Sure to Do These 5 Things After Moving Into Your Rental
1. Complete Your Move-In Checklist Once the keys to your new rental are handed over, it can be so tempting to dive right into unpacking, painting,…
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Apartment Hunting
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Check Out These 6 Things Before Signing Your Next Lease!
The hunt for the perfect rental can be a long process, especially if you have specific space, layout, room number, amenity, aesthetic and/or storage requirements. Even…
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Apartment Hunting
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5 Ways to Ensure You Get Your Full Security Deposit Back
The security deposit: the chunk of change (usually equal to or greater than one month’s rent) that is due in addition to your first month’s rent…
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Apartment Living
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Clever Places to Carve Out Storage in Your Rental
Next to square footage, the amount of available storage is usually among the first things potential renters ask about and seek when looking for an apartment.…
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Apartment Hunting
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5 Things to Do Before Moving Out of Your Rental
Moving to a new home is often a bittersweet process; you feel the excitement of new surroundings and opportunities, but you have to deal with the…
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Apartment Living
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Ways to Add More Light to Your Rental
Ample light is usually high on the wish list of many people looking for the ideal rental space. Not only does natural light lead to improved…
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Home Decor
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5 Easy Ways to Dress Up Your Bedroom
It can often be difficult to infuse personality and create a calm, serene and glamorous space in a rental bedroom. Thanks to bland walls or mismatched…
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Apartment Living
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7 Smart Tips for Repurposing a Closet
As a renter, your options for changing the floor plan and creating more space are limited. But if you’re short on the extra room needed for…
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Home Decor
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3 Strategies for Updating Thrift Store Finds!
It is no secret that shopping thrift stores and breathing new life into secondhand items has become a cultural phenomenon. From television shows and books to…
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Home Decor
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5 Tips for Decorating Your First Rental
So you’re moving into your first apartment! You finally have a place to call your own. You can arrange the furniture however you like, and you…
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DIY
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The Essential Craft Kit for Renters
Whether it’s giving hand-me-down furniture a makeover or creating inexpensive artwork to fill your empty walls, doing it yourself (DIY) is often the best way to…
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Home Decor
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5 Creative Ways to Use Contact Paper in Your Rental
Rental properties can be boring and difficult to personalize in a way that is totally temporary. While more removable products are becoming available, many of them…
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Home Decor
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4 Ways to Update Furniture Without Paint
When you moved into your first apartment, there’s a good chance you inherited a bunch of mismatched, dated, cast-off furniture from friends and family. Or perhaps…
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Home Decor
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5 Ways to Color Your Walls Without Paint
White walls: the bane of many renters’ existence. And while paint is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to instantly change the look and feel…
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Home Decor
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5 Tips for Creating the Perfect Gallery Wall
When you live in an apartment with lots of blank and boring walls, one of the best ways to add interest, color and personality to your…
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