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Quick, Easy & renter-friendly Kitchen upgrades

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When I moved into my LA rental apartment 6 years ago, the kitchen was one of the first rooms to get the “Engineer Your Space” treatment. People often ask me what that means, to EYS and

Easy renter-friendly lighting upgrade, no electrician needed!

Thank you to the folks at Signify for introducing me to the amazing Philips Hue smart LED light bulbs with Bluetooth – such an easy way to customize your home lighting. As a renter,

Color inspiration: Black feature wall without painting the wall

After giving my bedroom a makeover, I got this crazy idea to make a black feature wall – problem is that I’m a renter and I’m not supposed to paint my walls, or if I do paint, then I need to put it back to white before I move out. I didn’t want to have to repaint so I got

How to building a Murphy bed A-Z (without a workshop!)

If you've been following along, you know that I've taken on my biggest DIY project to date: building a Murphy bed for a 200 ft2 studio apartment makeover. I've shared the process in several posts and also made this video of the entire build, but I thought you might...
DIYZ App Review

DIYZ App Review

When I was approached to review this new DIYZ app, I was happy to give it a try because I love the idea of an easy to...

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