Living Room Color Schemes

Ideas to Steal for Your Apartment

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Gallery Display" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2012/07/20/101713507.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><br /><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Gallery Display</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Use floating shelves to show off a collection of decorative objects and mementos. Stagger the shelves for a unique look. Basic shelves serve as a strong basis for rotating displays. They will go with almost anything, which means you can change the look of the vignette, leaving the shelves in place and avoid making any more holes in your apartment walls.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Paint Options" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2011/03/101398193.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Paint Options</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">If you can't paint the walls in your apartment, paint your furniture. A new paint job on a bed frame or nightstand can be just as impactful as new color on the walls. </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Embrace Open Storage" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2011/08/101620212.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Embrace Open Storage</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Employ an industrial metal shelving unit as extra kitchen storage if your apartment's kitchen storage options are less than generous. The cool finish of this unit recalls metal touches that are standard in pro-kitchens. Use baskets to corral kitchen staples, and incorporate a few decorative touches to keep it fun.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Floor Coverings" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2011/10/101541274.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Floor Coverings</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Often in a rental situation, you are stuck with whatever finishes are in place when you sign the lease. If your apartment's carpet is not so stylish, camouflage the problem with an extra-large area rug that coordinates with your other decor. If the room is on the small side, you won't need an oversize rug, which can start to get pricey.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Be Entertaining" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2012/07/20/101813946.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Be Entertaining</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Turn your TV wall into a focal point. Hang paneled artwork behind the TV to frame it, and surround the TV with plenty of storage. This TV could have been placed on the console beneath it, but to maximize space and functionality in an apartment rental, take your TV to the wall and place a console beneath it that can be used as a serving surface when entertaining. Plus, having a piece of furniture beneath a wall-mount TV grounds it and prevents it from seeming as if there's a random black object floating on the wall.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Cozy, Chic Dining" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2012/07/20/101811684.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Cozy, Chic Dining</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A cramped dining nook can become worthy of dinner parties with a few smart strategies. Use clear chairs or a glass-top table to visually expand the space and make it feel bigger, hang up some artwork, and adjust the lighting. Install wall-mount sconces that don't need to be hardwired, or place lamps on a narrow console. If your dining area came with a chandelier, see if you can cover the bare bulbs with shades, which will diffuse the light, softening the room's glow.</div>

Ideas to Steal for Your Apartment

Gallery Display Use floating shelves to show off a collection of decorative objects and mementos. Stagger the shelves for a unique look. Bas...

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Simple Storage Projects

<h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Upright Arrangement</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The wall next to your desk can hold more than a calendar. Expand storage space with hanging paper organizers, penholders, and mail catchers. Taking these items off the work surface gives you more space to complete tasks and cross items off of that never-ending to-do list.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Upright Arrangement" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2014/12/4/102142779.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Creation Station</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Transform a wall into a kid's art center by covering an area with chalkboard paint. Add a magnetic strip for detachable marker and crayon tins and an upper shelf for messier crafting supplies. Open frames attached to the wall showcase the child's latest paintings or chalk drawings.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Creation Station" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2014/12/4/102023957.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Space-Saving Spices</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Effortlessly locate the perfect seasoning to your meal with proper labeling and clear containers. The uniform jars easily fit in square storage boxes inside the drawer to prevent tipping or spilling. Use colored labels to separate spices into further categories, like cooking or baking.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Space-Saving Spices" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2014/12/4/101501102.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Contained and Classified</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Speed up cleaning time by designating labeled buckets to a specific person or activity. These containers easily transport to the messy site and hide the clutter tucked away inside.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Contained and Classified" height="640" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2013/7/25/101968959.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: palatino, 'palatino Linotype', serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.375rem; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Refresh Flea Market Finds</h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Find a new use for antique shop scores. A plate, cake stand, and small bowl keep makeup, brushes, and jewelry close at hand for busy mornings. Increase the structure's stability by dropping a dollop of glue on the bottom of each item and fastening the piece to the plate.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Refresh Flea Market Finds" src="http://images.meredith.com/content/dam/bhg/Images/2014/1/22/101841937.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.5499992370605px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div>

Simple Storage Projects

Upright Arrangement The wall next to your desk can hold more than a calendar. Expand storage space with hanging paper organizers, penholders...