Should You Buy Smaller Furniture for Your Rental?
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,...
When Your Apartment is Your Office
Lately more and more offices are becoming "global" and allowing employees to work from home wherever they are. As a result, lots of people are...
10 Ways to Make Your Small Rented Space Look Bigger
With renting comes many benefits, especially when renting small spaces! When you rent a small apartment, you’re more likely to save money and time....
What’s Your Holiday Decorating Style?
I have a theory that there are two types of people when it comes to apartment-dwelling decorators; the type that saves valuable space for...
How to Address Common Rental Issues With Your Landlord
Renting is a popular option for millions of Americans. One of the biggest benefits of renting is that if something goes wrong on the...
How to be a zero-waste renter
The ice caps are melting. The air is becoming more polluted each day. Landfills are expanding at alarming rates.
Each person’s day-to-day activities and actions...
A Simple Fix for Annoying Cabinets
This blog post might seem kind of random, but I recently fixed a problem that has been plaguing my apartment for months and thought it...
Beat the Heat: Tips for Keeping Your Home Cool
As amazing as the sun can feel after a long winter, there's a point when summer comes and cold air sounds better. The summer...
How to Embrace Sustainable Living as a Tenant
As the years go by, more people are starting to watch the news and face the facts that it's time to live a more sustainable...
Sleep Well: How New Mattress Companies Are Delivering
Moving into an old building has perks like interesting architecture and historical charm, but it can lead to modern-day frustrations. This becomes pretty obvious as...
3 Tips When Moving In with a Stranger
If you're a renter, at some point you'll likely move in with a stranger. Ideally your new roommate will be delightful and result in...
Cleaning Green: Part One
One day as I was hunched over my tub, spraying heavy-duty bleach cleaner without a care in my small apartment bathroom that has no windows, the thought...













