Apartment Rentals in New York City – what you need to know.
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1. The right curtain placement allows you to hide shelves, drawers and hangers. Many apartments for rent in New York lack closet space. This renter cleverly used this shallow alcove as a wardrobe. The center section, with the draws and the bars connecting to free standing shelves very cleverly makes great – and neat looking – use of that…
It’s Spring. The time of revival. Nothing says “life” and “renewal” like new flowering house plants. I have never come across an apartment that didn’t look better or feel more “homey” with growing plants. Which is why when I worked for a landlord many years ago, I would always dress up the model apartment with lots of plants and flowers….
You’re in a rental and dread the thought of staring at white walls for the duration of your lease. You can’t do anything permanent, because it’s a) prohibitively expensive; b) too labor intensive to undo when you move out; or c) your landlord won’t let you. Yada yada yada. Wallpaper and fabric are the obvious go-to for pattern. They cover…
Look outside, things are changing. As winter gives way to spring, flowers bloom, temperatures warm and everyone is itching to get outside. This drastic environment change is a highlight of many people’s year, and it demands a coinciding interior upgrade. Wake up your apartment from its months-long hibernation with spring decor. Short on inspiration? A number of colorful, crafty, creative…
Living in a home without a dedicated dining area can cause issues when you want to eat or entertain without having to throw the whole house out of order. Smart furniture choices, arrangements and decorative tips can help you nail down your style and incorporate a dining space seamlessly into the rest of your home. Built-in Benches with Storage Built-in…
It’s a good thing most of us don’t plan dinner parties for 10 anymore. With so many studio apartments in New York, most of the time we barely plan a dinner for 1 or 2. But let’s face it, we all need a table to dine from. What we don’t need is a table that takes up too much room…
When I started RDNY.com’s Pinterest boards, I was looking for a way to share with everyone the enormous potential of New York apartments to be unique and extraordinarily beautiful homes. Sure, it’s easy to create a beautiful apartment when there are interesting or unique architectural feature to the space, such as arched windows, exposed brick, and fireplaces with beautiful mantels….
Tired of the plain old “landlord white”? Try adding color to your NY apartment rental. Macy’s has an infographic to help you select the colors for your New York rental apartment. Personally, I think their suggestions are a bit simplistic, but if you have no experience working with colors, their infographic will give you a solid start on how to…
Pinterest has made it very easy to share creative ideas for maximizing apartment space. Some of the ideas are positively ingenious. We’ve collected 87 clever and amazing ideas to help you in your rental apartment in New York. If you have a rental apartment in NYC, you’ll want to look at some of the ideas above in detail. For example,…
A small apartment can feel like living in a closet, but with a little strategy and a few design tricks, you can make the most of your space. Whether you’re living in a small downtown studio or in a spacious two bedroom apartment with your family of four, the arrangement of the space and creative storage solutions go a long…
You’ve just moved into your NY rental apartment. You have some new furniture and a new couch. Now it’s time to sit back and relax from the move all the work you’ve done to fix up your apartment rental. Do you run out and buy a new coffee table? Not yet! You need to absorb the light and balance of…
You’re in a rental apartment and you want to make the space “yours”. But because it’s a rental apartment, so you’re not going to renovate the kitchen and bath, and you’re not going to add crown moldings around the perimeter of your ceilings. You need simple modest projects and stamp the apartment as yours without the danger of permanent changes…
Our friends at ApartmentTherapy.com have alerted us to a great apartment decorating idea – using removable wallpaper in rental apartments. The fact that the paper is removable is very important in apartment rentals in New York, as landlords will often look to keep your security deposit if you’ve marred or covered up their walls with permanent wall paper. Another great…
We couldn’t resist the temptation! There are so many beautiful buildings, gardens, and architectural monuments in NYC that we decided we needed to start collecting some of the best photos. It’s pleasing on the eyes and satisfying to the heart. Looking at the best of New York City, it’s easy to see why we love living here. We’ll give you…
If you’re new to the New York City/Metropolitan region, you might be surprised to find out that for many apartments in NYC, while the bedroom is bright and cheery, and the living room is flooded with natural light, the other rooms, like the bathroom and kitchens, are— how shall we say— compact. True, this is a city where over eight million live,…
I look at a lot of NYC apartments for rent. Hey, it’s my job. Usually, landlords do a fairly decent job of delivering an apartment to the new tenant that is clean and, well, boring. The walls are usually painted landlord white and if it wasn’t for the wood floors, there would hardly be any color in the apartment at…
Some vintage apartment buildings come with gorgeous built-ins, ideal for storing modern necessities. If your apartment is lacking, you can often fake the look inexpensively with just a little bit of work. Nothing gives your apartment more of a classic look than matching bookcases. But here’s the trick to making it work – add moulding to the top of the…
Who can live today without space for their computer and their files? We all need a place to sit and pay the bills. file important papers away, and be able to focus on our web surfing… er… research. When I look at apartments for rent New York City, I look at the basics first. The bedroom, bath, and kitchen. If…
Visiting my artist sister-in-laws home for Thanksgiving dinner, I was reminded just how much our perception of an apartments worth is wrapped up in how cozy and homey we think the space is. When there are interesting bits of artwork, interesting colors, and interesting nick-knacks all about, we think that the space is much more worthwhile, more alluring, and we…
If you’re one of the chronically disorganized, Justin Klosky has some time-saving tips for you. The expert behind O.C.D. Experience (Organize & Create Discipline) who took his disorder and created a company, he’s sharing some solutions for maximizing your storage space. With our thanks to ApartmentTherapy.com, we’ll show you some of what Justin had to offer. To see the full…
You’re looking at apartments for rent in New York and you hear about an apartment that’s only 220 to 250 square feet. Would you be interested? But what if it looked like this? The Atlantic has a thought provoking article by Eric Jaffe the numerous reasons that small apartments, properly planned, are livable and bring a host of social benefits:…
ApartmentTherapy.com once again has a timely post about decorating your fireplace to make it the centerpiece of your rental apartment. A fireplace tends to be a focal point in a room, so whatever you put up there is going to get a lot of attention. When it comes to the fireplace, there are really two schools of thought. The more…
We have writting quite a bit about tiny, micro sized apartments. One of our criticisms has always been that they generally lack a lot of livability. It’s not sufficient to merely have a place to bath, sleep, and eat. One must feel that they can entertain in their home, have friends over, and have plenty of room for their “stuff”….
You’re all excited about your new apartment rental in New York. It’s exciting! But look around you. Are the walls the usual ‘landlord while’? Drab. Dull. Depressing. Bring personality to your new home. Paint one or more walls to create a great accent, visual interest, and a sense of comfy warmth. To get you started, we’ve used some images found…
You just found a great NYC rental apartment. You can easily see yourself living there. So you ask yourself, “where can I stash my valuables?”. How about hiding them in plain sight! The answer is a shelf with a hidden drawer. What could be better? To the rescue comes Clopen – the invisible drawer hidden in a floating shelf. Take…
Designed for rental apartment living, this three-in-one unit resembles a piece of furniture and can hide all your cat’s less savory bits and pieces. The Cat Condo Deluxe contains two drawers or “floors” – the bathroom contains a kitty litter tray, second floor is the kitchen with food and water bowls and the top of the unit acts as kitty’s…
Here’s a sofa that looks perfect (I hate when I “purrfect”) for both you and your cat. The foam cushions look very comfy and the armrest/back support tubing will arouse the explorer in your cat. You might even have to find and buy a little pith helmet for your cat, in the tradition of African explorers (Did someone call me…
You know you’re going to need space for a home office in your NYC rental apartment, so plan for it when you’re out looking at apartments for rent. Sure, wireless connectivity makes the problem a bit easier. With wireless connectivity, you can always sit at your dining room table and do your work. But let’s face it, it’s not only…
Most guys in New York don’t put much thought into their pads, and it shows. But for a certain segment of men, they know that their pad is their signature. It’s how they see themselves in the world and/or how they would like the world to see them. For men with a sense of style, it doesn’t take much money,…
Until recently, roommates looking for apartments in NYC would hire one of the numerous companies that build temporary, pressurized walls to put up a wall in an alcove or divide the living room, to create an extra “bedroom” that had a degree of privacy. Most landlords and managing agents used to allow pressurized walls, even though they were against NYC…
Always look for an apartment to rent that gives you an opportunity to have house plants. It’s about your quality of life. Plants are restful, beautiful, and harmonizing.
NYC apartment rentals are small and there will be times when you need guests to sleep over – or even yourself if your partner snores.
Make it Pretty or Make it Disappear: 5 Tips for Tiny Living We ran across this video from Daily Beast interviewing couple James Casey and Erin Boyle in their 240 sq ft Brooklyn Heights, New York apartment. Even by Hong Kong standards, 240 sq ft–or 120 per person–is pretty damn small. And let’s face it, many a New York City…
Your rental apartment in New York doesn’t have to have the bare white walls it was delivered with. Original artwork can be expensive and posters are, well… best left in your college dorm. But here’s an interesting, colorful and inexpensive idea – use wall maps. A quick Google search shows that there are plenty of online sources for all kinds…
As renters, we don’t own our apartments. But often, we want to make them just a bit better. Just a bit more “ours”. The good news is that certain small changes can have a large impact on our enjoyment of our spaces. Thanks to ApartmentTherapy.com, here are some simple changes that will improve your life and your apartment. 1. Change…
Many New York apartment renters love gardening, but are short on space. Even if apartment renters have access to a garden or a roof gardening area, there is a particular pleasure in being able to “soften” your living space with flowers or plants. Below are several examples of lovely window plantings anyone can achieve in their NY apartment rental. Related…
This wonderful hack idea gives you have a king sized bed with king sized storage built in underneath, making it perfect for NYC apartments. It uses the space
What if, by using transforming furniture, we make our rooms do double or triple duty? Combine dining rooms with guest rooms. Make living rooms into bedrooms. Just get rid of the foyer (the parsley sprig of architecture). How much space would we need then? When you’re looking for your apartment rental in NYC, always look for the ways that you…
Murphy beds are very expensive. The reason you would consider buying one is because space is such a premium in your NYC apartment. There is an alternative.
NYC apartments are known for being tiny. The challenge is the make the small rental apartments in New York ultra-livable. With some clever planning and multi-use furniture, you can create a space that is functionally larger than the square footage of the apartment.
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