Show me a bathroom in a rental apartment, and all I’ll see is a space that is nearly impossible to beautify. After years of renting, I’ve seen plenty of blah, character-less bathrooms—and I’ve been frustrated again and again by how hard it is to make your bathroom your own when you can’t paint, replace fixtures, or otherwise make any permanent changes to the space. Sure, you can get custom stick-on tiles and removable wallpaper and all sorts of fancy semi-permanent accents, but are you willing to spend all that money? And is it worth it for a space that you’ll enjoy for just two or three years?
Different people will have different answers to those questions, but thus far, my answers have always been no. I have so much admiration for people who go all-in on decorating their rentals (The commitment! The willingness to part with their deposits!), but I’m just not one of them (yet).
With my most recent move, I worried it would be more of the same. And then I realized that the Better Homes & Gardens collection at Walmart has tons of affordable, budget-friendly bathroom accents that punch far above their price point—and that make a major impact, even in a blank-slate bathroom.
I started with the most noticeable (and arguably most essential) element: the shower curtain. I immediately fell in love with the Better Homes & Gardens Embroidered Diamond Curtain, and was relieved to find that the collection conveniently also includes double-sided shower curtain hooks, waterproof shower liners, and tension rods so I could get everything I needed in one order. (Anyone who’s recently moved knows—you want everything you need as quickly as possible, and in as few boxes as possible.)
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Acers are beautiful ornamental trees that come in an array of colours and sizes. To properly care for your Acer, there are some common issues that can arise such as leaf scorch, fungal diseases, and pests. Here are our guides for combatting these Acer issues.
Lana Williams, owner of Oakland, California-based plant shop and design company The Tender Gardener, is known for her gorgeous step-by-step plant recipes for creating lush outdoor planters. In Lana’s latest book release, The Container Garden Recipe Book, she’s revealing fabulous floral and frond combos that will have you making plant and pot pairings like a pro. Here she shares a few seasonally appropriate tips on the types of statement plants and containers to use as we transition from late summer into fall.
“Impossibly unaffordable” are two words that Californians are probably less than thrilled to hear. In a recent report from Chapman University in Orange, California, and the Frontier Centre of Public Policy (FCPP) in Canada, that’s exactly how four California metros are described. The 2024 edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability shows San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego listed among the top 10 least affordable housing markets—not just in the United States, but worldwide.
Sure, your home’s primary bathroom should reign supreme when it comes to renovation and makeover priorities. If you have more than one bathroom, it’s the one you’ll use the most, so, of course you want it to be comfortable, serene, stylish, functional… all those things.
How do you begin the process of designing or refining your own gardens, especially when there are so many things that you need to take into consideration? In this class, award-winning UK garden designer Annie Guilfoyle will guide you through the elements that make for a successful design and show you how to develop a garden that really suits your taste and lifestyle. This webinar will focus on how to use sketching and observation as tools to develop your technique. The process of designing your space should be fun, according to Annie, so she’ll share insights for how to develop your style using the influences of things you really like, such as textiles, art, and architecture. There will be plenty of suggestions on how to start your design process and gather inspiration—and, of course, we will touch on those oh-so-important plants.
My husband and I recently moved into our first «adult,» post-college apartment. While our one-bedroom college apartment did the job for a time, it felt more cramped and cluttered the longer we lived in it. When we moved into our new apartment, I knew I wanted to prioritize organization to avoid that same cluttered feeling.
If you're aiming to design a contemporary looking bathroom, you will want to make an effort to steer clear of the six following features, which professionals say will instantly make the space look dated.