Preparing Your Kitchen For Summer Gatherings

Preparing Your Kitchen For Summer Gatherings

It's nearly summertime, which means we're getting ready for beautiful weather, delicious eats, and awesome hangouts. Summer is the perfect time to have food, drinks, and fun with friends, family, and neighbors - is your home ready for it? Whether you're gearing up for gatherings in your apartment or setting the stage for a backyard barbec ...

Warm Up Your Home With These 5 Tropical Colors

Warm Up Your Home With These 5 Tropical Colors

There’s nothing like a burst of tropical colors to put you in the mood for summer. Vibrant shades like turquoise, tangerine, canary yellow, fuchsia, coral will brighten up your mood and boost your energy. There are plenty of ways to introduce this tropical spectrum of colors to your own home, from just details to a full-on tropical vi ...

4 Tips to Increase the Value of Your Rental Property

4 Tips to Increase the Value of Your Rental Property

Renting a property can be a highly lucrative business. Thanks to the platforms like Airbnb, finding potential renters has never been easier. However, just because you have an apartment or a house for rent, that doesn’t mean you will make a fortune by default. In fact, the majority of rental properties don’t earn their owners even a ...

Lessons Learned During Front Yard Renovation

Lessons Learned During Front Yard Renovation

All house owners know the importance of having a well-organized and landscaped yard. When people pass your house or come for a visit, the first impression they get will be from your yard. If you decide to sell the house one day, it will certainly reach a higher price with a decorated yard. Additionally, upgrading your front yard can ...

Budget-Friendly Design Ideas For Bathrooms

Budget-Friendly Design Ideas For Bathrooms

If you feel like your bathroom is missing something and is looking outdated and shabby, it’s time for some renovating! This word sounds super scary to many people, especially when they think about all the expenses it usually involves. However, you don’t have to break your budget to achieve or imitate certain bathroom design trends! ...

7 Creative Ways To Declutter Your Home By Yourself

7 Creative Ways To Declutter Your Home By Yourself

There are zero positive sides of clutter and mess. It makes it hard for you to find anything, it increases stress and it makes your entire place seem incredibly dirty. However, dealing with clutter is not an easy task, so here are seven tips to do it as easy and as effective as possible.   Visualize Before you start declutter ...

DIY Apartment Upgrades That Won't Upset Your Landlord

DIY Apartment Upgrades That Won't Upset Your Landlord

Living in a rental apartment has its benefits, but not when it comes to adjusting it to your preferences. Every possible idea of renovating and modifying it, mostly for better looks, is shadowed by the image of the landlord or the lease contract. However, not always are the landlords grumpy and cheap and quite often they are willing to he ...

Colors That Calm Your Crib

Colors That Calm Your Crib

There is no better feeling than coming home from a busy day and unwinding in your home. You may feel like the comfort of your furniture or the decor on your coffee table are what allow you to feel relaxed, but did you know that the color of a space can play heavily into your ability to calm down? Interior design experts have found that us ...

Working Nature Into Your Decor

Working Nature Into Your Decor

Nature has a way of soothing the soul. From plant arrangements to unobtrusive natural colors or plant inspired objects, there’s a method for incorporating the natural world throughout every room of the home. Here are some ways to bring the outdoors inside and create a calming, peaceful home. Subtle If you really enjoy the colors of ...

Do's & Don'ts Of Backyard Decor

Do's & Don'ts Of Backyard Decor

During the summer months, your backyard (terrace, stoop, roof deck - you get the point) serves a number of purposes. It's a place to relax after a tough day at the office; it's a place to entertain your friends and family; it's a place to showcase your green thumb and grow herbs, fruits, and vegetables to enjoy in your seasonal cuisine. W ...

How To Throw A Half-Christmas Party

How To Throw A Half-Christmas Party

This isn't your traditional "Christmas in July" party. My friends, this is the next great party your friends will beg you to throw year after year. It's the Half-Christmas Party! Whether you celebrate Christmas every year or are simply looking for an excuse to throw a party this summer, Half-Christmas is where it's at. Hold up. Wait a m ...

Apps That Will Help Protect Your Stuff

Apps That Will Help Protect Your Stuff

As a society, we're constantly connected to our mobile devices. Whether we're looking up directions to the closest pizza place or checking in on our friends to see what they're up to, our phones are never far from us. It makes sense, then, to utilize these devices to amplify our home security. These are some of the best (and coolest) app ...