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Make your own garden furniture: 9 DIY ideas

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At Apartment Geeks, we often give you advices for your kitchen, living room or bedroom. Even for your bathroom. With all this happening, there’s a place that is usually neglected, but not this time. The garden is our star today and we want to show you some great ideas to create your own DIY outdoor [...]

9 DIY ideas to reuse old vintage wood doors

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You can’t even dream about the possible uses an old door can have. There are dozens of different DIY projects you can choose to reuse one of these vintage items. And they’re not even that hard to find: just try a salvage shop, a yard sale or even a trash pile and apply one or [...]

7 DIY makeovers that will transform your kitchen

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Here are seven great ideas to change your kitchen, focusing on your backsplash, the piece of wall between the countertops and the wall cabinets. You can transform an entire room with a few creative changes. Mix some new colors, patterns or textures and improve your backsplash and other parts of your kitchen with these DIY [...]

Frugal value adding home improvements

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Many homeowners and first time sellers make the mistake of investing in lots of big renovations that add no value to their home. The trick is to know which areas of the home are worth investing in and which areas will increase your asking price. There are some things you can do which will increase [...]

8 tips on removing various carpet stains

We all know that accidents in the home do happen, instead of becoming hysterical and wanting to rip up all the carpets and replace them, which is a costly exercise, rather arm yourself with the knowledge and correct carpet washers or ingredients to remove the carpet stains. Removing old stains from the carpet Even if [...]

10 Simple and cheap tips to change a room

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Are you tired of your current living room or bedroom? How about some simple changes you can make for little money and almost no effort? Check our tips. Paint one wall of your bedroom with a sophisticated color and get some contemporary frames and mirror to decorate the wall. This decor will make your bedroom [...]

Transform your bed with these 9 creative ideas

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Not every bed has to be the same boring combination of wood or plastic, a mattress and white linen. Sometimes, you can go for something different or make DIY alterations to adapt your bed to the general decoration of your home. Check these pictures and get inspired to change the focal point of your bedroom. [...]

Great hacks that can make your life easier

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There are life hacks so simple, and yet so useful, that you look at them and can’t even believe… We bring you some of these little secrets today, organized by “area of expertise”. Improving and cleaning Cooking and eating Organizing            

Build the perfect “home” for your tools

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Apartment Geeks came across a great idea to build a tool shed in a closet, keeping your tools organized and protected. To “copy” this project, you will need a Grundtal magnetic knife rack and some desk and plastic organisers from IKEA. And, of course, you need a small closet, preferably located near your kitchen. If [...]

Make the best of your weekend: set up the ultimate home theater

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Hard week? Nothing better to forget it than a relaxed weekend with lots of quality entertainment. So, how about setting up the ultimate home theater really quick in order to enjoy it over the  next two days? Great idea. Just follow these next steps and you should be good. 1. Build a home theater PC [...]