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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. Emily Sweeten’s eye for warm, flowing interiors is hard to miss. Just look at her blog, The Wicker House. With a […]

One of the biggest dilemmas facing renters is how to make their home feel like their own within the limitations of not being able to make permanent changes to their space.  Having rented for several years, I have faced this dilemma time and again, and have come up with a few different ways to add […]

When I think of Valentine’s Day I always flash back to being a kid!  I go right back to elementary school to a class party filled with candy, cookies and the BIG Valentine card exchange.  Do you remember those sweet, fun and corny little cards we passed around every year to all of our friends?  […]

Have you started to decorate for Valentine’s Day yet? This sewn paper heart garland is a really fun project that only takes about twenty minutes to put together, so if you’re looking for quick and easy Valentine’s Day decor, this tutorial is perfect for you! DIY Sewn Paper Heart Garland Here’s what you need: colored […]

Have you started to decorate for Valentine’s Day yet? This sewn paper heart garland is a really fun project that only takes about twenty minutes to put together, so if you’re looking for quick and easy Valentine’s Day decor, this tutorial is perfect for you! DIY Sewn Paper Heart Garland Here’s what you need: colored […]

Mirrors have a purpose and we all know what that purpose is.  We need them to make sure we don’t walk out of our house looking like we just stepped out of bed or have something awful stuck between our teeth.   Now the fun part of decorating your home is to find fun and […]

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. Amplified Apartments: Home Edition heads east to Philadelphia, PA this week. Before children entered the mix, Alyssa Cress had a loft […]

It’s always fun to have multiple uses for standard household items.  This allows you to be creative, save money, and change things around in your home often.   When most people buy decorative planters, well, they use them to sit potted plants in.  Which of course, is great BUT that’s not the only thing you […]

Vinyl is probably my favorite crafting supply. It’s incredibly versatile, it comes in tons of colors and patterns, it can be smooth or flocked or textured, and best of all, it’s removable, so it’s perfect for renters! Today I’m bringing you 7 ways to decorate your home with vinyl!   7 Ways To Decorate With […]

Are you looking to revamp your apartment in 2014, but are low on ideas?  Do you want give your space a new look without breaking the bank? Well, you’ve come to the right place! There are many ways to recycle items you already have lying around your apartment and put them to good use with […]

Are you looking to revamp your apartment in 2014, but are low on ideas?  Do you want give your space a new look without breaking the bank? Well, you’ve come to the right place! There are many ways to recycle items you already have lying around your apartment and put them to good use with […]

How is 2014 treating you so far?  Are thing finally settling down in the New Year?  Today, Michelle from the Ten June Blog stops by to share her tips for organizing your rental home in the New Year!   Every year, I challenge myself at the start of the New Year to keep my house […]

Today, the ForRent.com DIY expert, Jon from the Sew Woodsy blog, stops by to show you how to make your own custom DIY tin can lanterns.  It’s an easy and unique way to spruce up your winter décor in your apartment! You Will Need: Tin Cans (as many as you need for your chosen phrase) […]

While apartment living may bring a smaller space than you would like, it doesn’t have to be without stylish decorating.  Most people fall into the myth that a small wall requires small art, that you should keep the size of the art in proportion to the size of the wall.  While proportions matter in some […]

  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. Just over the border from Portland sits Camas, Washington. There Amplified Apartments: Home Edition has found its newest star amateur […]