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5 Tips To Make Your Apartment Feel Larger

glenwood2 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Living in an apartment in NYC can often feel a bit tight, especially if you have recently moved from the suburbs or have a growing family! But, don’t worry! There are some easy, great tricks to help create a larger and more open feel to your apartment. Whether you live uptown or downtown, these tips can change the atmosphere of your entire apartment. Check out Glenwood’s tips on how to create the feel of a larger space below!

Hang Art Or Shelves High

If you have art throughout your Glenwood apartment, the key is to try to draw your eye up vertically. So, try to hang art an inch or two higher than you normally would to create the illusion of taller walls. It is an easy trick to create the appearance of higher ceilings! This trick also works with shelves if you have floating shelves in your apartment, simply start them an inch or two higher than you normally would. This is an easy trick that anyone can do! Similarly, if you are hanging two pieces of art on top of each other, if one has lighter colors in it hang it above the darker colored piece of art. It will help to draw your eye up the wall instead of down.

Paint The Walls Light Colors

If you are trying to visually open up your apartment to create the illusion of more space, try painting your apartment walls a light color. Light paint colors like shades of white, cream, light grey, or light blue will all open up a space. Think about dens, often people paint them darker colors like navy or hunter green to make the space feel cozier, so if you want to open up a space, do the opposite! Additionally, keep the same color on the walls in the entrance and immediate spaces. So, if your entry flows into your living and dining area, try to keep the walls all one color. If you paint small, neighboring spaces two different colors, you visually chop up the areas instead of creating a visually flowing space. Be sure to check with your building’s management office before you paint the walls to check their policy! Glenwood apartment’s must be returned in the same condition as originally presented to a tenet.

Use Area Rugs

If your apartment has the living and dining area in the same, smaller space, there are ways to make the two areas feel more independent and large. Try an area rug! If you put an area rug in your living room area, under your couch and coffee table for example, you create a distinctive, separate space from your dining table that may be situated a few feet away. Area rugs are great for separating spaces in an apartment. If you live in a studio apartment, you should definitely make use out of this great trick! You can create a bedroom area too by putting an additional area rug under your bed if you do live in a studio apartment.

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Use Furniture With Storage

A great trick to opening up a smaller apartment space is to use furniture with built in storage. This way, you don’t need extra dressers or things laying around to clutter your space. In your bedroom, try a bed frame with drawers built in! If you don’t love the look of shelves in the bed frame, you can choose a bed that has drawers on one side or that masks the appearance of the drawers altogether. Also in your bedroom, try to find nightstands with deeper, numerous drawers. In your living room, a coffee table with storage is great for throw blankets, magazines, and books! It can help declutter your space instantaneously! Small ottomans with storage are also great in the living room. Not only for storage purposes, but they don’t take up much space and can be used for guest seating or as your footrest depending on how many people you are having over.

Try To Use Mirrors

Mirrors are a great way to create the illusion of a bigger space! Either hanging a mirror on a wall as décor or placing a large standing mirror in an entry or living room area can immediately open up an area. You can find so many different, great mirrors to match your design aesthetic online or in home good stores. The key is to place the mirror somewhere that you enjoy what it is reflecting. You don’t want to place a mirror somewhere that emphasizes the messy book shelves that you never sort through! So, just be mindful of what you want the mirror to reflect! Do you have tips for decorating your apartment? Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and let us know!

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Transitioning Your Apartment Decor From Summer To Fall

Glenwood — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Fall is here and it’s time to decorate your Glenwood apartment to reflect the change of seasons! We’re going to give you some fun ideas on how to decorate for autumn! These simple updates are inexpensive and require minimal planning or time, but you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the giant impact they make.

The Living Room

To Swap: Now is the perfect time to switch out throw pillows and blankets. Goodbye to the lightweight, bright textures and patterns found in summer and hello to the heavier, darker ones of winter. Tartan, wool, and deep jewel tones such as emerald green, navy, and maroons are perfect for this time of year. If you need to pick some new pillow covers up, Pottery Barn is a great spot, located on the Upper West Side very close to Hawthorn Park.

To Add: Scentes! Pumpkin and pine aromas are great for this time of year. Find your favorite candle scent in a diffuser, which is much safer for your apartment. There are also great faux fur throws that can spruce up your living room couch this fall- find some great options at West Elm or Pottery Barn. Switch up your floral arrangements to feature dried florals with deeper richer hues of orange, red and browns!

The Master Bedroom

To Swap: Switch out the linen sheets for a cozy set of flannel ones.

To Add: It is all about making your bedroom your autumn oasis! Make it as cozy as possible! Try slippers tucked under the bed, you’ll be so pleased the first chilly morning when you step your feet out of bed, only to realize a pair of fury warm slippers await! Pull out your favorite fall and winter books to read and leave them on your nightstand! Line up your Netflix wishlist with fall favorites like Gilmore Girls!

The Children’s Bedroom

To Swap: Their book collection! Take a few minutes (or afternoon–depending on how complex their book collection is!) and change out any seasonal books that have found their way into your children’s library in the last few months: books that talk about spring, summer, days at the beach, fireworks, or vacations, and swap them for books on apple picking, going back to school, Halloween, and the first snowfall.

To Add: Children love anything with a touch of whimsy, so take this time to add a bit of magic to their room! Perhaps a string of pumpkin twinkle lights over their bed, a ghost night light next to their door, or a new calendar on their desk–filled in with dates they can look forward to for the upcoming season.

The Kitchen

Now is a great time to update your spice cabinet for the changing season. Consider adding spices that will warm you from the inside out, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, paprika, turmeric, and ginger. Make sure you have plenty of cold weather drinks on hand, too, such as hot chocolate, tea, and your favorite local brand of coffee. You can grab a few bags of NYC’s own Gotham Dark Roast the next time you’re at Irving Farm, which is roasted in New York State and has cafe locations on the Upper East Side, the Westside, Midtown East, and Downtown. Grab your favorite fall tea and drink selection, my personal favorite is chai!

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The Bathroom

To Swap: Those lightweight waffle robes can get tucked away until the next warm season, and instead bring out the thick, floor length cotton robes that will keep your warm on even the coldest of days. Same goes for switching out the towels–you’ll want all the layered warmth you can get!

To Add: A simple thing such as switching the scent of your soap for the upcoming season will make a huge difference! Soaps in scents such as apple, pumpkin, or maple will give you a whiff of autumn every time you wash your hands, and can be picked up at stores such as Bath and Body Works or even your corner Duane Reade.

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