Apartment Life

Is your rental home feeling a bit impersonal or lacking character? You're not alone. Making a rental home feel cozy, inviting and stylish while working...

  You're already more adept than Marie Kondo at paring down your stuff. If you live in 250 square feet of space, you probably don't...

Pantone announced it's color of the year yesterday and the response was...underwhelming. Plenty of people made obligatory jokes about it being the "neutral of...

A studio apartment is many things. It can be the first taste of freedom for a post-grad or an affordable lived-in home for a...

A garden balcony can give you endless hours of serene pleasure, and the nice thing about such a haven is the fact that you...

Make safety your first priority when moving in to a new place. For the first article in our Movable Gadgets series, we have picked...

At Rentler we spend a lot of time reading about the rental industry and bookmarking products we've stumbled across that are genius for small...

Even though fall is winding down and winter is about to hit, you can still bring a final burst of fall color and texture...

You were so relieved to find what you thought was the perfect apartment, in what seemed like a quiet area. But now your dream...

Common sense dictates that when you live in a small space, you don't want too many big pieces of furniture. At the same time,...

TL;DR: As of early 2026, the average rent in Chicago is about $2,450 per month, with studios around $1,700, one-bedroom apartments near $2,300, and...

Renting can be a great option for many — you have a stable but flexible living situation, and the cost of any major projects...