Decorating for the holidays is especially fun when you’re with your friends and family. To help you get started on decorating your space for the upcoming holidays, here are some wall decorations that you can make yourself. Get together with a friend or family member and make an evening out of creating some of these […]
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Amplified Apartments: Home Edition: A One of a Kind Nautical Arizona Nursery
Welcome to Amplified Apartments: Home Edition, a special edition of ForRent’s Amplified Apartments series, featuring amateur interior designers whose winning decor hacks will save you space whether you’re on the first or fifteenth floor. In the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, lives Adrianne and Jeremy Lentine, whose gorgeous 200 square foot nursery is the focal […]
Small Space Mudroom Solution
Jess & Monica from the East Coast Creative blog are back and here to show you an awesome DIY mudroom solution for a small space! Keep your apartment clean with this old bookshelf turned custom mudroom. With enough space for coats, shoes, scarves and jackets, this mudroom solution is sure to be one of the most […]
DIY Built-In Storage
One of the biggest challenges of living in an apartment is finding enough storage space for all of your things. When you combine limited space with the inability to do any construction as a renter, your belongings can start to pile up. Fear not, Jess & Monica from the East Coast Creative blog are here […]
ForRent.com Launches the Amplified Apartment Series
In 5 days, ForRent will debut its newest blog segment: Amplified Apartments. Every week, we’ll be featuring an enterprising amateur designer who’s taken their confined space and run with it, finding creative solutions to the problem that plagues all city dwellers: square footage. Along with detailed photographs, we’ll be bringing you interviews with the versatile […]
Four Important Considerations for First-Time Renters
As a first-time renter, you’re about to embark on a very exciting time in your life. Perhaps you just graduated from college or are planning to move out of your parents home – either way, this transition might be completely new to you. Right about now, you may be surprised with all of the logistics […]
Quick & Easy Meals to Cook at Home
ForRent.com and guest blogger, Katie, from Katie’s Cucina are excited to bring to you the third installment of Cooking with Katie. Today Katie shows us 3 quick and easy meals to cook at home. Option 1: Chicken Teriyaki Teriyaki Sauce Chicken Frozen Vegetables Rice In a sauté pan, combine the teriyaki sauce and chopped raw chicken, and then […]
Popular Part-Time Jobs for Retirees
At SeniorOutlook.com, we understand that your retirement plan is to kick back and relax. However, a lot of retirees end up picking up an easy part-time job, sometimes just for something to do. Not all part-time jobs are created equal, though. The trick is to find a part-time job that you will actually love doing, […]
Budgeting During Retirement
So you finally made it, retirement is here and all of your hard work has paid off. You deserve to relax and enjoy yourself; however, it is still important as ever (if not more important) to create a budget and stick to it. Just like when you were working full time, there will be times […]
DIY Jewelry Organizer
If you had to guess, how much time have you spent trying to untangle necklaces, bracelets and all sorts of jewelry? For most of us, the answer is way too much time. ForRent.com has a beautiful, easy and functional DIY project to make a custom jewelry organizer so that the dreaded tangled mess is a […]
Prepping Your Lunch for the Week
ForRent.com and guest blogger Katie from Katie’s Cucina are excited to bring to you the second installment of Cooking with Katie. Today Katie shows us how to save money on your food budget by packing your lunch every day! Tip 1: Plan what you want to pack to make grocery store trips as efficient as […]
7 DIY Projects for Renters
Hello! I’m Kelly from Here Comes the Sun and we’ve come to the last post in the Rent Pretty Series. When you live in a rental, you face many challenges from storage to decorating to dealing with tiny spaces. Here are 7 DIY Projects that provide solutions for renters. This coffee table provides beautiful storage. Laundry […]
How to Replace a Faceplate
Small changes can make a big difference when you are trying to breathe new life into your space. Not all DIY projects are expensive and cumbersome. In fact, some apartment improvement projects can be completed in under 5 minutes – and yes, you’ll still have money to go out with this weekend. How many times […]
Homegating Recipes
Football season is almost here and that means friends, fun, and homegating. Since there is no better seat than in your home, you’ve of course invited all your friends over to watch the big game, but have you thought about what to eat? Here are 3 different recipes that are sure to please even the […]
Top 4 Small Kitchen Organization Tips
Living in an apartment sometimes leaves you wanting more space, and can often make you feel as though your kitchen is constantly cluttered. Extra plates, appliances and silverware can really add up over time, leaving your kitchen feeling cramped and disorganized. Well, have no fear; ForRent.com is teaming up with Katie from Katie’s Cucina to […]