Our hands-on buyers guides compare the best furniture and decor for small apartments and rentals, with vetted picks and honest sizing notes so you can buy once and buy right.
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through one I may earn a small commission at no cost to you. The first apartment where I tried this was a 540-square-foot Chicago studio with a galley kitchen and a bathroom roughly the size of a coat closet. The bathroom floor was beige sheet vinyl, lifting…
Peel-and-stick crown molding adds high-end ceiling trim to a rental with no saw, no nails, no miter cuts. Six picks that hold and an install walkthrough.
Peel-and-stick wall decals are the rental-safest decor category there is. Eight picks for nurseries, kid rooms, home offices and entryways, plus three to skip.
Peel-and-stick ceiling tiles cover popcorn, stains and water marks in a rental without nails. Seven picks that hold, three to skip, and the install moves that protect your deposit.
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through one I may earn a small commission at no cost to you. The rental bathroom floor was a grid of small peach-pink tiles from sometime around 1996, set in yellowing white grout, and the landlord had said in the lease walkthrough that I was welcome to…
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through one I may earn a small commission at no cost to you. You walked into the rental, set the second box of dishes down, and stared at the wall behind where the TV is going. It is the long one, painted contractor-beige, with a faint shadow…
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through one I may earn a small commission at no cost to you. You took a shower in the rental bathroom, walked out to brush your teeth, and noticed the seam above the toilet. The roll you put up six weeks ago, the one that looked perfect…
You opened a box of NuWallpaper on the kitchen counter, the YouTube tutorial is paused on the install step, and you are trying to figure out which side of the panel actually peels first. There is also a roll of generic floral peel-and-stick someone gave you for Christmas, the one with a name you cannot…