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Published on August 4, 2022 | Last Updated on August 12, 2025 If you rent or even own your home and can’t replace the existing floor, there are still easy ways to refresh the space. In this tiny 5ft by 5ft rental kitchen, I used a temporary flooring solution that lays...

There are many things I wish I had known about earlier in my DIY journey, like the existence of the speed square and all the ways it can be used to make building something easier.          So what is a speed square? A speed square is a very inexpensive tool ($5-50)...

Any fellow IKEA lovers out there? If I'm stuck trying to find a solution for a particular problem I'm trying to solve for a room or an apartment I'm "engineering",  a stroll through IKEA always spark some ideas, including some creative IKEA hacks. Over the years, I've...

This was the first video I published on my YouTube channel "Engineer Your Space" over 12 years ago. I did this project in my 450 ft2 NYC studio apartment (watch full tout here) to create an entryway area and a separation to my bedroom area. It's so great that IKEA...