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DIY Strawberry Sugar Scrub for Valentine's Day

A homemade sugar scrub is an easy way to say I love you on Valentine’s Day. This strawberry sugar scrub is a festive red color and…

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Food and Entertaining

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How to Create a Romantic Dinner at Home

You do not have to spend a fortune this Valentine’s Day. By creating a romantic meal at home, you can show your significant other that you…

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Apartment Living

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How to Make Your Apartment Virtual Reality Safe

We definitely live in the future now. By strapping on a headset and holding two simple controls, you can be immersed 360 degrees in a virtual…

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Apartment Living

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10 Resolutions Renters Should Make

A new year means new resolutions. Your personal resolutions probably include getting in shape or losing weight, but if you’re an apartment renter, you might want…

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Home Decor

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How to Create a Removable Kitchen Backsplash

One of the downsides to renting a place is the usual rules saying you can’t do anything permanent to change your environment to your liking. No…

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Food and Entertaining

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How to Stage a Brewery Crawl Using Charlotte’s Light Rail

When the Lynx Blue Line light rail system debuted in Charlotte in 2007, the running joke around town was that it would take you anywhere you…

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Apartment Living

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How to Keep the Winter Blues at Bay

Whether it is because of the weather, the lack of sunlight, or the stress of the holidays, many people struggle with depressed moods in the winter…

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Apartment Living

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6 Smart Home Technologies to Keep an Eye on in 2017

Adoption of smart home technologies saw continued growth in 2016, with nearly a quarter of US households now owning some type of smart home device according…

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Apartment Living

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How to Prep Your Apartment for the Holidays

Many renters take flight during the holidays to see their families. If you’ll be leaving or renting your place out in the next few months, here…

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Apartment Living

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Senior Living: How to Prevent Falls for Elderly at Home

It’s a fact: As we get older, our risk of falling rises. According to the National Institute on Aging, one in three adults over the age…

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Home Decor

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How to Better Organize Your Bedside Table

Organize a bedside table with our tips and tricks below. A small nightstand can be a lifesaver in the bedroom, but it also needs to be…

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Apartment Living

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25 Fun Ideas for Things To Do This Fall

Why do we love fall so much? Is it the cooler temperatures? The cozy fashions? Pumpkin everything? Yes! Fall is an amazing season for all of…

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Apartment Living

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How to Effectively Clean With Epsom Salt

Epsom salt is not only good for a relaxing bath; it can also be used for cleaning in a variety of ways. The natural abrasive properties…

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Apartment Hunting

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7 Tips on Knowing When and How to Downsize

When it comes to housing, many renters abide by the rule that “bigger is better.” After your first starter apartment, you’ll almost always want your next…

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Apartment Living

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How to Get the Fly Problem Under Control (Naturally)

Try these solutions to get your fly problem under control this summer. The all-natural options we’ve listed here will work in any home, and oftentimes you…

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Apartment Living

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How to Store Seasonal Items in a Storage Unit

Living in a rental has many advantages, but storage is usually not one of them. Lucky renters may be provided a separate storage unit in their…

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Apartment Living

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How To Handle A Summer Semester

For most of you, summer means packing up and heading home to see your friends and family. For others, it might mean study abroad. Or, some…

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Apartment Living

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How to Spruce Your Balcony for Summer

When summer starts to approach and those cold dips in spring temperatures are gone for good, everyone looks to sneak in as much extra outside time…

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Fitness and Style

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How to Start Running: Advice from a Converted Cynic

Due to the fact that you are reading this, for one reason or another, you are probably thinking about how to start running. And thinking about…

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Apartment Hunting

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How to Make the Most When Packing to Move

Moving is always a daunting task, but it can be even more intimidating when you need to use your vehicle to transport your belongings. Fortunately, there…

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Apartment Living

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How To Create a Beautiful Balcony in Your Rental

I love balconies. Your balcony can give you a little slice of nature in your home, even if you live in the middle of a big…

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Apartment Living

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5 Tips on How to Handle and Prevent Getting Locked Out

[caption id="attachment_30076" align="aligncenter" width="732"] Image Credit[/caption] When you live somewhere, you always run the risk of getting locked out. Maybe you forget your house key in…

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Home Decor

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How to Repurpose Old Furniture for a New Place

One of the best parts about moving into a new place is getting to put your own stamp of personalized décor, furniture and design on it.…

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DIY

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Make Mom Feel Special With a DIY Jarful of Cheer!

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and if you are looking for a delightful way to honor the most special woman in your life — without breaking…

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Apartment Living

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25 Apartment Cleaning Hacks that You Need Now

Dinge, grunge, dirt, muck, slime, sludge, and scum—they all rear their ugly heads as a result of the basic use of a living space, and they…

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Apartment Living

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10 Spring Cleaning Tips and Tricks

Are you in the mood to start your spring cleaning? Try our 10 spring cleaning tips and tricks to make sure your home gets as clean…

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Apartment Living

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Bathroom Cleaning Hacks

40,000 germs per square inch on your toilet flusher! 60,000 bacteria per square inch crawling all over your shower faucet! Polluted water vapor lingering in the…

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Apartment Living

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How to Effectively Use Lemons for Cleaning

There are a wide variety of ways you can start using lemons for cleaning. The acidity of lemons makes them a great all-natural cleaner. Keep them…

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Apartment Living

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What Could You Get For The Monthly Rent in These Cities?

Ever wonder what you could buy if you didn’t have to pay rent? We do. We looked at the things you could get for the average…

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Apartment Living

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Leveraging Your Tax Return to Help You Move

Moving can be extremely stressful. Between the planning, the packing and the actual move, it’s enough to make anyone swear they’ll never move again. Of course,…

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Apartment Living

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5 Ways to Repair Your Credit

Having good credit is absolutely essential. It is one of the most important necessities of adult life. We need it to rent apartments, buy homes ……

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Home Decor

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How to Turn Unique Crates into Modern Furniture

You can use old (or new!) crates as furniture and still have the home of your dreams. Try a few of our ideas for using crates…

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Apartment Living

5 Min. Read

10 Secrets of a Well-Balanced Caregiver

While there is some small comfort in knowing others share the pressures you feel, caring for an aging parent is often a matter of carving out…

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Apartment Living

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5 Cost-Effective Tips for Staying Warm in Your Apartment

Generally speaking, heating an apartment isn’t all that difficult. After all, how hard is it to crank up the thermostat until the mercury is bubbling along…

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Apartment Living

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How to Travel With Your Pet

By land or sea, from cities to farmland, travel is one of the most exciting experiences life has to offer. As an apartment resident, you’re already…

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Food and Entertaining

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Room for All: How to Maximize Entertaining Space

There’s nothing in the world more special or fun than getting friends and family together to savor festive food and drinks, and enjoy each other’s company.…

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Apartment Hunting

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How to Know When It's Time for a New Apartment

[caption id="attachment_28742" align="aligncenter" width="732"] Image Credit[/caption] Although most people can put up with a few quirks from their apartment, sometimes it makes more sense to find…

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Apartment Tips

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Five Tips on Getting Your Security Deposit Back

After you’ve found a new place to live, moved out of your old place and relocated all your belongings and furniture, there’s one last pesky move-out…

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Apartment Living

5 Min. Read

How to Immediately Lose Your Security Deposit

So you’re a renter in your brand new apartment. You’ve bought a new set of furniture and a new smart TV. But you still have too…

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DIY

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How to Make a DIY Chic Hanging Bookshelf

Who said bookshelves have to be boring? Spice up your space with this cool DIY hanging bookshelf tutorial; equal parts rustic and modern, this bookshelf is…

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