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Perks of Renting Furniture for Your Home

Buying furniture can be one of the lengthiest, most costly aspects of moving into a new home. Many people find themselves spending thousands of dollars on furnishing their homes. At Dwellsy, we recognize that you may not have thousands of dollars to spend on furinture. Especially not after paying the first month’s rent and a […]

Rental Friendly Home Decor Ideas

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Living in a rental can sometimes stifle the interior designer in you that has big dreams of accent walls and hanging light fixtures. Don’t worry, there are rental-friendly home decor ideas that can help you express yourself to your heart’s content. Understandably, you don’t want to antagonize your landlord by drilling holes in the walls […]

How to Make Your New Rental Feel Like Home

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Moving into a new rental can be completely overwhelming, whether it’s a condo, a townhouse, or an apartment. You have a checklist of a million different things to do, from finding furniture to setting up a work-from-home space to getting your finances in order. While you’re trying to get all of your major tasks done, […]

Simple Ways to Spruce Up Your Rental

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One of the biggest challenges of living in a rental is that people have a hard time making it feel like home. Since you don’t own the space, when it comes to decorating and customizing you have limited options. Most rental leases don’t allow tenants to make significant changes or alterations, such as drilling holes […]

8 Ways to Make Your Apartment Cozy for the Fall

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Fall is here, which means that the weather will only get colder. You might have the urge to retreat into sweaters, leaf piles, and mugs of apple cider––we know we want to. Why not give your rental a fall makeover to get it ready for the chilly weather? We have some fun tips to help […]

7 More DIY Decorating Ideas

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Does your rental apartment feel a bit drab? Looking for decorative inspiration? Look no further. Check out these seven ideas for adding a bit of personality to your home. 1. Plant Care In times when you can’t get out that much, plants are a necessity. For apartment dwellers, the good news is that you do […]

Seven Cheap and Easy-To-Buy Space Savers for Your Apartment

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There are endless clever products to help you get the most out of your apartment space. Here are seven especially good apartment space saver ideas. And, none of these need to stay behind if you move on elsewhere. Buy these once, and keep them for as many years (and moves) as you want. 1. Food […]

Seven Projects to Increase the Utility of Your Living Space

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The usual image of a do-it-yourselfer is of a homeowner with a nice tool shop in the garage, and pretty elaborate (and expensive) projects underway. Please do not take that image too seriously. There are endless opportunities for ingenuity to improve apartment living too, quickly, inexpensively, and without a lot of fancy tools and space […]

DIY: Tons of Ways To Make Your Apartment Kid Friendly

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1. Storage Hacks If you have kids, you already know that they take up a lot of space. You probably also know how difficult it is to make your home kid friendly. Maybe you are even thinking, “They take up ALL the space!” Their stuff can seem to proliferate everywhere. Even if you have the […]

DIY Window Coverings for Your Apartment

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Window coverings can be expensive, and if your apartment does not have any, or has ugly ones, we have an idea for a DIY window shade you might consider to spiff up your apartment with colorful fabrics of your own choosing.