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The 5 Biggest Design Mistakes People Make in Their Kitchens, According to Designers

When taking on a home improvement project as major, time-consuming, and expensive (!!!) as designing a new kitchen, the last thing that you want to do is make a few choices now that you end up regretting later—especially if that ends up meaning you wasted money. To help identify the biggest money-wasting no-nos to avoid, we consulted a few kitchen design experts. Having been around plenty of renovations, they had some good live-and-learn lessons and what-not-to-dos to share.

Lauren Masur

Oct 29, 2018

$995K “Tiny” House Packs a Lot of Luxury into 800 Square Feet

A small space (for California) with so much charm, and every possible amenity. 3136 Serra Avenue Located in Carmel, California $995,000 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom If you were to look up the definition of “charming,” there’s a good chance you’d find a listing for this home. The one-bedroom, one-bath “small house” (as they call it) comprises just 800 square feet of space, but feels a whole lot bigger.

Anne Roderique-Jones

Oct 29, 2018

Before and After: This Sunroom Becomes a $300 Second Living Room

The owner of this space described it as “a very scary sunroom,” and the presence of asbestos alone earns it that designation. After six weeks of hardcore work, it’s now anything but scary. Here’s a bit more insight about what our intrepid DIYer was facing: The before of my sunroom was symbolic of the entire house—unloved, a little broken, but with a lot of potential.

Tess Wilson

Oct 29, 2018

This Grad Student’s 350-Square-Foot Studio Is Stylishly Inspiring

Name: Zahra Clayborne, my cat, Tenny Location: Ottawa — Ontario, Canada Size: 350 square feet Years lived in: 2 years, renting I am a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa, studying psychiatric epidemiology (that’s a mouthful!). I moved here two years ago from Calgary, and this is my first apartment.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Oct 29, 2018

Why You Should Go to IKEA Before You Even Start Packing

Every IKEA teems with last-minute movers the first and third weekends of the month—it’s just a fact. And if you are like me, you also probably accept as fact that if you’re moving, you are going to have to do an IKEA run the moment after the movers leave.

Liz Steelman

Oct 29, 2018

9 Super IKEA Shelf Hacks Anyone Can Pull Off

For every item IKEA brings into this world, there’s at least 10 ways to improve upon it, or make it your own. Some hacks are laboriously complicated and too involved for most humans, other projects are easy for just about anyone to pull off. If you’re looking for some super simple ways to tweak, alter, improve, or upgrade your shelving, here are nine ways to hack those BILLYs, EKBYs, EVETs, and LACKs.

Dabney Frake

Oct 29, 2018

A 450-Square-Foot D.C. Home Is Small But Sweet

Name: Anne Feldman Location: Columbia Heights — Washington, DC Size: 450 square feet Years lived in: 1.5 years, renting I live in a one-bedroom apartment in Columbia Heights in Washington D.C.. Most recently, I lived in Columbia, Missouri, where I worked on a campaign. Campaigns are a lot of fun, but it usually means living in an atypical housing situation – in my case that meant a basement apartment that I shared with two other roommates in an off-campus house near Mizzou.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Oct 29, 2018