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Top Summer Safety Tips for Apartment Living: Stay Cool and Safe

Jessica Lee

 · May 30, 2024

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As the summer heat intensifies, it’s crucial for apartment residents to take necessary precautions to ensure their safety and comfort. Here are some essential tips to help you stay cool and safe during the hot summer months. 1. Keep Your Apartment Cool 2. Stay Hydrated and Sun Protected 3. Protect Against Heat-Related Illnesses 4. Prepare […]

Have a knack for starting your New Year’s resolutions right when the clock strikes midnight? Keeping up with new decor trends is a great way to give yourself a fresh start in 2023.

Lisa Wright

 · Dec 29, 2022

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Finding enough space to store all your stuff can be tough in a tiny apartment. Sometimes it feels like our belongings are secretly spawning in the night, hell-bent on not only making our apartment look cluttered, but also ensuring that it’s nearly impossible to find anything quickly. Luckily, there are some ways to get back […]

Megan Foukes

 · Oct 25, 2022

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If you’re like many apartment dwellers, your kitchen is just about big enough to accommodate yourself and one other person. When the two of you get together to whip up a gourmet storm, you constantly have to interrupt your chopping or dicing to move aside for the other person to pass by or open the […]

Eva R. Marienchild

 · May 21, 2020

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Long ago, in a land where many apartments had as much square footage as small houses, no one could have conceived of a unit without a kitchen. In fact, the apartments of old (less than 40 years ago) often had dining rooms, extra bedrooms and bathrooms, spacious decks and yards, storage space, and ample parking. […]

Cassie Damewood

 · Aug 27, 2019

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When you live in a small apartment, your decorating abilities can be limited because you simply don’t have a lot of room for bookshelves or end tables to put your picture frames and tchotchkes on. Luckily, you can use your coffee table to show off your style and create an elegant, magazine-worthy display.

Ramona Branson

 · Oct 11, 2018

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Apartment living certainly has its perks: you don’t have to do yard work, you never have to pay for the repairs on anything if it breaks, and you can feel free to leave as soon as your lease is up. Of course, the renter’s lifestyle is not without its little annoyances, including paper thin walls, […]

Ramona Branson

 · Aug 21, 2018

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Bringing a new life into the world is one of the most daunting and fulfilling experiences existence has to offer. Of course, it’s easy to see how living in a one bedroom apartment with a newborn could seem a little overwhelming.

Amanda Ray

 · Feb 27, 2018

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Whether you’re looking to save some money on your rent or just obsessed with the idea of living a simpler life with less clutter, downsizing takes some serious dedication.

Ramona Branson

 · Sep 14, 2017

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Just because you live in small space doesn’t mean you should have to be reading everything on Kindle. If you’re a true bibliophile, you probably leave dozens (or hundreds) of books lying out all around your home.

Ramona Branson

 · Jun 1, 2017

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